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Ed itorial Committee: Debbie Clayton- Payne , T.A .Ciose , S.D.Pillar .P.J .Wilson . Page Design: J.S.Ingram. CONTENTS Music Recital by the Music Staff of Taunton School 33 School News 4 Subscription Concert: Robert Vincent 33 Obituary 6 Lent Term Music Club Concert 34 Letters to the Editor 10 The King's Singers 34

Israel in Egypt 36 Articles

An Appealing Century . .. 13 Societies Festival of Dedication at Lancing College 14 The Phoenix Society 37 King's College Community Service 15 History Society 37 Print Shop 15 Hydra Society 38 All in a Term .. 16 I Creative 39 I Lisieux 1978 . . 17 I A Stand Against Terrorism 18 Sport May Day 19 Rugby 45 Taunton Young Scientists 20 Cross Country Report 50 Skateboarding 21 Hockey 51 Mat's Place . . 22 Soccer 54 C.C.F. Activities 24

Adventure Training '78 25 COVER PHOTOGRAPH The triptych, or altar screen, in the Lady Chapel, King's College, Taunton, by a master artist working in Bruges circa 1520. Drama The paintings on the reverse panels depict the Annunciation, and the inner the Nativity and the presentation in the Temple. The centre carved relief is of the same Sergeant Musgrave's Dance 26 period and represents the Epiphany or the showing of the Christ Child to the Magi. King Alfred House Play-"Jockey Club Stakes" 27 This very fine altar piece was presented by Martin Gibbs, Esq., of Barrow Court, Flax Bourton, Somerset. The Aluredian of Michaelmas 1916 reports this munificent Carpenter House Play-"The Fire-Raisers" 28 gift. Bishop Fox House Play-"The Critic" 29 A quality GREETINGS CARD in full colour will be available from the School in the early autumn. All proceeds will go towards the Centenary Appeal. An illustrated Meynell House Play-"The Happy Haven" 30 order form will be found at the back of this magazine. Further information may be obtained from the Chaplain. Tuckwell House Play-"The Real Inspector Hound" 30 Cox, Printers, Willlton, Somerset. Woodard House Play-"The Patient" 31

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School News We were very scirry to hear during the Easter holidays of the death, after a long illness, of Mr. R. C. Unmack, headmaster of King's from 1937 until1965. A memorial service was held in the College Chapel on Friday, 2nd June, and an official obituary will be found immediately after the School news section of this magazine, written by Mr. G. W. Morgan, who was Second Master to Randall Unmack for most of his headmastership. The death of John Clough, who was at King's from 1966 to 1970, came as a great shock to all those who knew him, and is a tragic loss to the musical world. John Clough had the rare distinction of being, while in the sixth form, a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists, and frequently played the organ at chapel services, as he did on February 8th, 1970, when "Songs of Praise" was broadcast from King's.

The Michaelmas edition of the Aluredian reported that three boys had been offered places at Oxford or Cambridge prior to sitting the Scholarship examinations in November. At the beginning of last term we were pleased to hear that A. B. Vickery had won an Open Scholarship to read Law at Pembroke College,- Oxford, that Bye, Richards and Yeo had gained open Exhibitions, and that eight other places had been secured. The complete list of successful candidates is as follows: N . D. Bye Exeter, Oxford P.P.E. C. G. Cox Downing, Cambridge English Sandra Dennis St. Anne's, Oxford English W. H. M. Lemmey Jesus, Cambridge Mathematics Penelope Letham Clare, Cambridge · Law A. M. J. McGahey Fitzwilliam, Cambridge Geography M. C. J?arsons Peterhouse, Cambridge Law W. P. S. Richards Corpus Christi, Oxford P.P.E. A. G. Taylor Exeter, Oxford · Law A. B. Vickery Pembroke, Oxford Law P. D. Wilkinson Worcester, Oxford Physics S. G. Yeo Worcester, Oxford Music The decision not to issue a magazine at the end of the Lent Term for fear that in a mere ten weeks there might be comparatively little to report proved ironic, for with the launching of the Centenary Appeal, the 'flu epidemic and the worst weather in the West Country for thirty years, last term turned out to be one of the most momen- tous of recent times. · At Christmas we reluctantly said farewell to Fr. David Allcock, who left us to take up his new appointment as Chaplain of Shrewsbury School. In the seven years that he had been at King's, David had earned the respect of masters and boys alike. His unique position as chaplain enabled him to help many members of the School in ways they will never forget, and his enthusiasm and devotion to the religious life of the community will be recognised for many years to come. We welcomed Fr. David Hutt as our new chaplain in January, and also Mr. P. A. Shepherd, who joined the Mathematics department in place of Mr. D. A. Barker, who is now teaching in New Zealand. With so much going on at King's it is difficult to sum up two terms concisely, but in addition to the academic successes already noted certain things stand out as being worthy of particular mention, and there are, of course, more detailed articles ' later in the magazine about cultural and sporting activities. 4

R. C. Unmack, Headmaster 1937- 1965 G. Sainsbury (from the portrait in the Dining Hall, King's College) Although the snow caused chaos to the games fixtures last term, the hockey teams had a successful season. Highlights were the 1st XI's win against Millfield and their draw against Taunton School. We were very pleased that the captain of the 1st XI, G. H. Davies, was selected to play for Wales (Under 19's). He, Churchouse and Hickson have all represented Somerset this year. The 1st XI cricket team have started the season very successfully. In one week they defeated Taunton School by 10 wickets, Queen's College by 8 wickets (G. H. Davies scoring 134 not out) and Millfield by 4 wickets. This is the first time that Millfield have been beaten by a school team for 13 years. to flourish: there was an excellent production of "Sergeant Father David Allcock Drama continues Musgrave's Dance," by John Arden, in the Michaelmas Term and in spite of the Chaplain 1971 - 1977 changes in dates of performance caused by the 'flu epidemic, the House plays last term reached a standard even higher than usual, and revealed a great deal of talent. Detailed reports of these dramatic activities follow. During the present term VII are planning a performance of "Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat" as their special contribution to the Centenary Appeal. The usual visits to Stratford­ upon-Avon are taking place: two parties have been to "The Tempest" and one to "The Taming of the Shrew." We have developed strong links with the Taunton Youth Theatre-VI formers have acted in their productions and they use our drama facilities for their rehearsals. In the Michaelmas Term the School took an active part in Taunton's annual competitive Music Festival. The Hollyoak Cup for Chamber Music was awarded: to the Senior Clarinet Quartet, one of whose members, C. J. Rew, won the Portman M .T.R. Cup for the best performance in the Under 16 Piano classes. He was also awarded the Westlake Cup for the best all-round performance in the Festival. A. P. Yeo won the Trevett Cup for the best performance in Woodwind classes. The principal musical event of the year was the usual joint performance with Blundell's and Bishop Fox's schools of a major choral work-this time "Israel in Egypt"-and one of this year's subscription concerts was a performance by the King's Singers who visited us on April 27th. It was one of the most popular concerts to be held at King's in recent years. The Community Service really had a chance to prove itself during the snow crisis. Nearly three hundred boys and girls helped to clear paths both round the School and in the neighbourhood. They helped old age pensioners and worked at local hospitals by "digging out" oil tankers and bringing in fuel supplies or by changing beds and talking to patients. The progress made by our Community Service is reflected in their entry for the National Westminster Bank competition, which won first prize for the region. The entry has subsequently won a prize in the National Finals. Looking to the future, our minds are obviously dominated by two things: the move to the Convent and the Centenary Appeal. Throughout the last two terms been busy in the Convent premises preparing those parts to which Adventure Training '78 our workmen have we have access, for the move in September. By the time the next edition of the Aluredian is published that move will be complete. It is, of course, staggering to realise that every House will be changing its accommodation in two months' time, I but we confidently expect to be able to report in December that the transition has been .. smoothly accomplished. In 1979-80 King's celebrates its Centenary as a member of the Woodard Corpora­ tion, and, as has already been mentioned, the Centenary Appeal was launched at the beginning of last term with the aim of raising £225,000 for a new Sports Hall and a new gallery for the chapel. Meetings have been held throughout the country for Old Boys and parents. As a result, at the time of going to Press, the figure stands at £170,000. An article by the Appeal Director follows later. The boys are hoping to 5 raise £1,000 by various means, including the performance of "Joseph and his Amaz­ Because he was a deeply religious and believing man, the Chapel was truly the ing Technicolour Dreamcoat" and a sponsored "bed push" from Taunton to Exeter centre of School life for him. He would have dearly loved to see that spacious and and back. admirably proportioned building with a permanent roof. A hapl.'y amalgam of idealist In the year 1979-80 we hope to have a number of special events to commemorate and pragmatist, he laid the sure foundations on which the splendid achievements of the the Centenary and a souvenir edition of the A/uredian will be published. I would be last few years could safely be built. He was never happier than when strolling round exceedingly grateful if any Old Boys who have newspaper cuttings, photographs, the grounds and contemplating some judicious tree-or shrub planting which so drawings, anecdotes or any information which might be of interest for that publication helped beautify the surroundings. His portrait in the Dining Room shows him in would write to the Editor of the Aluredian in order that we can have a vast amount of just such a setting. material from which to choose in producing a booklet worthy of the many achieve­ If you would see his monument, look around. ments of King's during the past hundred years. G.W.M. M.T.R . JOHN CLOUGH John Clougb, who died on 29th November, 1977, at the age of 25, was an out­ OBITUARY standingly brilJiant musician. He entered Carpenter House as a Music Scholar in 1966. He gave much to King's, through his charming personality and enthusiasm for RANDALL CARTER UNMACK music, and was a School Prefect in his final year. He achieved the rare distinction of Headmaster of King's College, Taunton, from 1937-65 being awarded the diploma of F.R.C.O. while stiiJ at school. At the time of his death he was assistant organist of St. Albans Abbey, and the following tribute by Peter "Si monumentum requiris, circumspice" Hurford, Master of the Music at St. Albans Abbey, was broadcast on Radio 3:- This may be a rather hackneyed quote, but it could be particularly appropriate Four weeks ago 900 people attended a thanksgiving and service in St. Albans Cathe­ have a special significance for readers who did not know the man. When he dral for the life and work of a young man of 25. Remarkable-Yes-but not sur­ was appointed Headmaster early in 1937 King's was a vastly different place from now. prising for in his short life-span John Clough had affected There the lives of a remarkable were less than 200 boys (including the Junior House) with fewer than 20 of these number of people. As a conductor of choirs one of course makes friends very quickly in the Vlth forms, and just four School Prefects. The facilities enjoyed now were and John had conducted many choirs and orchestras. virtually But 900 people weren't there in non existent. Physical education took place in what was then Big School St. Albans Abbey that December night merely to salute the passing of a gifted musi­ (now the Library) when it was not being used for assemblies or general teaching. cian; rather we all felt that each of us had lost a friend, one whose zest for life-for Chemistry was taught in a Jean-to hut in the Chapel Quadrangle, put up by the Rev. John was never happy unless he was busy-and infectious enthusiasm for making William Tuckwell in 1869 as a temporary measure, and Physics in the Bishop Fox music had touched us with that true joie de vivre that brightens life and lends new Dining Room, with virtually no equipment for either. I suppose these were really purpose to the art of living. Even the disease which crept quietly into his life couldn't favoured subjects because no specialist rooms existed for the teaching of Art, Music, dim his unique spark and he was busily performing and planning performances right Languages, Biology, Geography or anything else. Handwork was practised in a small up to his last few weeks. shed abutting the Fives Court. I first met John Clough when he came to me for interpretation lessons during his With characteristic single-mindedness Mr. Unmack set about the enormous Cambridge days as Organ Scholar of Queen's College. From our earliest sessions task of building up the morale in the existing staff and boys, building up numbers to a it was evident that here was no ordinary student finding out how to make music­ viable size and doing something about the fabric. He was precluded from building John always made music-his only problem was how to express music idiomatically in the latter instance both because of lack of finance and because the 1939-45 war came and his pertinent questions and rapid practical application of what he learnt marked before his careful planning could be put into effect. Here his gift for improvisation him indelibly in my mind as a young musician of extraordinary perspicacity. Music really flowered. A summer fete and some generous benefactions had already resulted was in his bones, and it was no surprise to learn from his father that, at the age of two in a fine new Gymnasium. Now two large wooden huts (made by a well-known John would daily await the arrival of the milkman and then, with great panache, West Country firm of poultry appliance manufacturers) saw to the needs of Science. conduct the milkman's horse as it clip-clopped up the stony road. By the time he was The numbers were steadily growing and expansion was achieved by the shrewd pur­ six John was singing in the local church choir in Ventnor and by eight he had persuaded chase of properties like Gatcombe, Fullands and Pyrland Hall. When building his parents to buy him an old reed organ on which, in his mother's words, he'd blow finally became possible again the new Science Laboratories and prefab-classroom off steam in his bedroom. block made life easier, and the acquisition of Hareston and Stoneleigh gave stilJ more Music lessons from a young lady who arrived in a vintage sports car gave John elbowroom. the first of his two love affairs-this one with cars. At nine he went to the Choir Throughout this time he inspired all those around him with his determination to School of All Saints, Margaret Street, where eventually he became head chorister, build a School of which everyone could be proud. With no personal ambition he was and, incidentally, he was also the first chorister ever to play the organ for some of the fiercely jealous of the good name of King's. In all his dealings with boys, masters, week-day services. Indeed Choir Master and Organ Teacher at that time, Micbael administrative or domestic staff, fairness and courtesy were paramount and a caring Fleming, was an important influence on his J;11usical development in those format~ve compassion permeated all. It is little wonder that be commanded respect from all years. Later, while still at school at King's College, Taunton, where he was a maJor and from those closest to him a strong and lasting affection. Music Scholar, he won a Science Scholarship to help see him through two years of 6 7 .~~·------=-•...... ____ '' ... , ..

Vlth Form and, at the same time, be became a Fellow of the Royal College of The sudden death of Irene Boyce in January has left a gap in the Accounts Organists. Yet through all this impressive display of talent he remained as so many of his Department, which will be difficult to fill. Irene had served the school loyally for some early friends remembered him, modest, unassuming and constantly interested in other sixteen years and will be greatly missed. people. John was always full of praise for the widely varied musical opportunities in teaching that be was given at Taunton by Tim Harrison, the Director of Music. There was music of all sorts and when that temporarily palled there was always the chapel organ to keep in repair. John was no stranger to the inside mysteries of an organ and this was a skill which came in handy later on when be started to give recitals, some of them on recalcitrant instruments. Many O.A.'s will be sorry to hear that Joan Gougb, for many years School Caterer, died on May 17th at Tidcombe Hall, Tiverton. She bad been in poor health From Taunton John went to Queen's College, Cambridge, where again he seized for some years. every opportunity for music-making which came his way; principally through the St. Margaret's Society Choir and the choir of the chapel. The works that he had conducted by the age of 21 make formidable reading-Bach's St. Matthew Passion and the Mass in B Minor; the Mozart Requiem, Brahms Requiem and the Alto Rhapsody; Beethoven's Mass in C; Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs and orchestral works by Mozart, Haydn, Elgar, Faurc!, Ravel, Saint-Saens, Bartok-to say nothing of conducting stage performances with the University Operatic Society; THE REVEREND DAVID ALLCOCK and to fill those awful long vacations be would get together a few dozen friends and make music for children in his home town of Wantage where the John Clough con­ When David Allcock came to King's in 1970, be started off as Assistant Chaplain certs will long be remembered. One summer be went to Montreal and ran the music at to Fr. Charles Neate, our present Custos. A year later, on Fr. Neate's retirement, Christ Church Cathedral for a month, giving a few concerts at the same time. Small David Allcock succeeded to the Chaplaincy and, during the last 6t years, be has surprise then that John Clough was appointed assistant organist of Gloucester created a very original, but unfailingly sincere, pattern of worship in the School. Cathedral straight from Queen's, Cambridge, and no surprise at all that, starting at He soon appreciated that an unbroken diet of conventional morning prayers would King's School, Gloucester, as Assistant Director of Music he was shortly the Director. not be likely to get through to the hearts of a young congregation as well as would a Gloucester was a deliriously happy time for John. He shared a vast house in the reasonable amount of variety. David would be the first to admit that this "variety" close with two other lively young men and I shall always remember a summer party sometimes stretched in disconcerting directions-his stock of visual aids seemed there (John's parties were famous and invariably sardine-like) with John taking enor­ literally limitless-but the highly individual way in which be conducted a service was mous delight in producing clouds of steam from cold punch with the aid of large always seen to be legitimate in the eyes and ears-and hearts-of his congregation, chunks of dry ice which he'd cadged from a local ice-cream factory. John's irre­ because the sincerity of a true priest rang out so clearly in those familiar Yorkshire pressible sense of humour was, in fact, a constant delight to all who came in touch with tones. him. Long after be has gone, David Allcock will be remembered by his many friends at In 1975 I needed an assistant at St. AI bans who would also be Director of Music King's-be will be remembered as the Chaplain who introduced such a large propor­ at St. Alban's School. There was one person I really wanted . . . The decision for tion of voluntary worship, and those who attended the Tuesday evening eucharists John was as traumatic as were my feelings of guilt at snatching him from Gloucester will find it hard to forget the gentle atmosphere of quiet commitment in a candlelit after only two years and it was a quiet evening with the monks at Prinknash which Chapel full of masters and pupils who had gone out of their way to be there. ("The finally enabled him to decide his future. At St. Alban's he took off like a meteor. oasis time," David used to call it.) He will be remembered, too, as that energetic His second year coincided with a seven months' sabbatical of mine and John was in grey-haired figure striding down to the archery arena, backing up the string section of charge of all our music. The choir I came back to was rapid and final evidence the orchestra, or chuckling gleefully at some boyish prank that he had stumbled on by that accident. here was a musician of the first calibre who before long would have a cathedral for himself; and his work in consolidating and expanding the music of St. Alban's But, most of all, I believe be will be remembered as a supremely warm-hearted School was testified to by the quiet delight of boys who were discovering the joys of and passionate-feeling person who could be certain to make time--endless time, music-making for themselves and who produced a performance of the "Dream of whenever necessary-to listen to the hundreds of masters and boys who brought Gerontius," which confirmed John's promise as a choral conductor of great sensiti­ their worries to him. vity and warmth. Shrewsbury School has now claimed David Allcock as its Chaplain and so be Finally, his personal happiness in that year had been crowned b~ his e_ngagement returns to the very town from where he came to us from the parish of St. Chad's. to Lynn, who lives in St. Albans, and to whom he was to be marned this SUJ:?mer. We wish him and his devoted wife, Sbirley, a long and happy tour of duty back in One grieves that a musician of such talent and !1 man of ~u~h love a~d perso~ali~teg­ Shropshire and we hope that the affection so movingly shown by the School at the rity should die so young. Yet John Clough will never die m the mmds of his fnends end of his last term will always remind David Allcock of how much we appreciated and pupils and his life in retrospect was perhaps as rounded and fulfilled as that of a his concern for all of us when he was our Chaplain. man who lives for three score years and ten. J.M.B. 8 9

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It is my experience that not only are "public" schools socially divisive, but that the "education" that they provide is irrelevant in contemporary Britain. It is often LETTERS TO THE said by the defendants of these schools that their success can be proven by looking at the various stations in life that their ex-pupils reach: Captains of British Industry, the dizzy heights of politics, the higher echelons of the Civil Service. But look at the track record of British industry, politics, or the Civil Service! EDITOR Both the way that public schools command a disproportionately large amount of Britain's educational resources, and the way in which these resources are used, indicate to me that public schools should be abolished. The single sex, or virtually Sir, single sex, arrangement is most unnatural. The way in which these institutions are so introverted; the attitude towards games; the hierarchical structure; and the general In March this year, the Local Council in Luton banned the National Front ethos towards leadership or community spirit; all of this makes the British public f~om holding a m~eting in their town hall (on ~h~ grounds that this might lead to sc?oo~ so outdated: That kind of leadership, found on the rugby field, or in disci­ ~10lence) ..T~e NatiOnal Front are extremely racialist and a very distasteful organisa­ pbnanan matters, IS hardly the same type that is required in handling trade union tiOn, and It IS true that there have been angry clashes between them and opposing negotiations, or in handling a particular sales objective. The rigorously academic groups like the SWP and Anti-Nazi League. Moderates should be concerned about approach is damaging to technological enterprise, and the general attitude that is the growth of both these extr~me left-wing and right-wing groups. Yet the way to prevalent as regards discouraging any individual from thinking or acting on his own tackle thef!l cannot be b~ bannmg them from town balls and by trying to prevent them initiative breeds just the type of person that Britain does not need: und ynamic non- from meetm~ at all. Tb1s merely has the effect of increasing the virulence of the disease thinking, nice, unconfident chaps. ' because their supporters become more active. From working within democracy extremists cou~d ultimately be forced .outside the methods of democracy and be pre~ But were all this not bad enough, it would seem that it is the task of the main­ pare~ to us~ vwlenc~ ~o push extremism on to the moderates. Democracy requires tained sector of education to emulate the independent one. Hence, when Mr. Norman St. John Stevas talks of "improving" fre~ circulation of op1!l~ons, and democr~cy must even permit people to vote for parties comprehensive schools, what he means is that which oppose the spmt of democracy, If they so wish. The action of councils like they should be turned into grammar-type schools. This means they should become rigorously disciplinarian, Luto!-1, and t~e. bans of Merlyn Rees and the Police Commissioner, are signs of the academically orientated and unimaginatively organised malaise of Bnt1sh democracy. Democracy requires the pressure of the ballot-box: inst~tutions for turning out undynamic people. Thus, while a step has been made, banning orders and blue-pencils are anti-democratic and do long-term damage to the dunng the last ten years, to overturn the conventional wisdom in education we are spirit of democracy itself. nearly being defeated just as the final goal-a fully comprehensive sytem-b'ecomes nearer reality. It J. SHEPHERD would seem a pity if the clocks were turned back just as Britain's educational system began to enter the 20th century. N. D. BYE Sir, . The writer fails to take account of the ways in which public schools have changed m recent years. Our whole style of leadership is designed to prepare boys and girls In recent weeks, both in the "Times" and the "Daily Telegraph" there has been for present-day managerial situations.-(Ed.) made considerable mention of Secondary Education. Dr. Jon Rae, Mr. Norman St. John Stevas, Dr. Rbodes-Bayson, Mr . Max Morris, the various leader writers Sir, and our own Headmaster, have all partaken in this current round of the Educatio~ pebate. I~ any discussion of s~condary education the matter of independent schools There is currently a great deal of unconstructive criticism of the independent IS often ra1sed, and more especially the role (and very existence) of "public" schools sector of education. Perhaps if the present state system offered more, this would be alongside the now prevalent comprehensive system. to a certain extent,justifiable, but this is not the case: the so-called "fully comprehen~ sive" education has not, to date, lived up to its expectations. The ."public" cont~oversy school usually degenerates into three viewpoints. What further undermines the anti-independent The first IS that the comprehensive schools are almost propogandists is the fact that universally poor and that the many have themselves benefited from one of the institutions which they collectively remaining "public" schools, with the grammar schools, are the last bastion of decent condemn. If they believe, standards. as they claim, that the independent sector churns out a The second view is that whereas some "public" schools have different "stereotyped product" they have also condemned themselves standards, academically, and in and forfeited their other spheres, from those of the maintained schools right to be listened to as individuals, along with the rest of us who have been so their existence maint~ins at least choice in education for parents, and that the public insidiously moulded by our environment! scho~ls can offer a more flexible and sui~ll:ble education for certain individuals (such as children from broken homes or families and those whose parents are in H.M. I would class such people among the "fashionable thinkers"-those who follow Forces, who live abroad). The third view is that the so called "public" schools are the current socialist trend. "Equality in all things!" is the favourite cry, especially ~o~ially divisive and ~hould therefo~e be abolished. This should happen because when it concerns unfair financial advantage. Surely, however, unless fundamental 1t IS wrong for the children of the nch to have such an education which serves to human rights are to be impinged upon, those who have money should retain freedom open many doors that would otherwise be closed. ' of choice as to the way they invest it. 10 11 ~ ------·~ -- ' I '' ...... ,,

In countries where equality has been achieved-or so their constant assertions would have us believe - it is interesting to observe that few of the freedoms taken for granted in Britain, exist. A fair exchange? The abolition of independent education would be yet another step in a dangerous direction. ARTICLES SiJ?-ce socialism professes concern mainly for the well-being of the majority, su~el_y 1t would_ be more. ~~neficial and le.ss ?ypocritical to concentrate on improving An Appealing Century . .. ex1stmg educatiOnal facilities for the maJonty? Rather than reducing everybody to the lowest common denominator, it would be more creditable to raise the general . ... So they want £225,000? They must have taken leave of their senses or had standard. Only then perhaps, in view of the excellent State standards, might the a more than usually good lunch when this was dreamt up. No-they really mean socialists attain their long-cherished ambition, since money once well spent on private it, so I suppose we'd better try to analyse the problem so we don't make complete education would in those circumstances be better employed elsewhere. asses of ourselves. First of all, what do they want the money This is for? (Some grandiose scheme I'll bet). not to say that there is no room for improvement in the independent You mean we're really going to say farewell to that fine sector. In some cases it old relic which was built as a is educationally too narrow: traditionally biased towards the gym for 150 boys. A sports hall over 4{- times the size of the old gym Arts and Classics. If it is not to become obsolete, should really it is essential that sufficient emphasis make an impact during those rain-sodden days and nights of the Christmas and be placed with the more practical academic subjects in preparation for a now techni­ Easter terms. cally orientated and industralised world. Do you think Sarge will break the tape with a It backward somersault when it is JESSICA DUXBURY finally opened in 1980? The idea of naming it after him was not only a touch of Sir, brilliance but will be the best possible tribute to a most respected and loved member of King's over so many years. There has been in recent years much controversy concerning the morality of I must say the idea of the Chapel Gallery seems very reasonable-already the private education. The 1976 Education Act compelled Education Authorities to odd numbers have to breathe in when the even breathe out on high days and holidays. adopt a fully comprehensive system and stop subsidising Direct Grant Schools. Equally, I shall not be disappointed to miss the unequal struggle between the diaboli­ This has proved the basis for the attack upon public schools, and is part of the Labour cal noise of the organ at one end of the Chapel competing with choir at the other. You Party's election manifesto for the next election (as for previous elections), Labour were never sure who was going to win the battle of Hymn 201. not at present having the power in Parliament to effect this abolition of public schools Well, I can't complain about either of these projects for the Centenary Appeal­ to appease its growing left-wing. (! can't really think of anything better-how about some more squash courts ?) . ... How The reason why the Labour Party (in principle) on earth do you begin to raise that sort of money? Who is likely to help wishes to dissolve the public us? Well, for a start we school system, is that it feels it to be unfairly selective-only children have nearly 800 parents (current and former) who, in spite with parents of the constant pressure on their bank accounts having £2,000 to spare being eligible. However, there are many parents with more seem to be willing to help, because of than £2,000 to spare, who prefer to the debt they feel they owe the school. Yes, educating you has been quite a challenge! spend their money on luxuries, such as a holiday Don't forget that in the Bahamas rather than on giving although some of you may not benefit directly from the seeds of their child a private education. On the other your labour with these particular band other parents find it bard to find the school fees to give projects, you have benefited from the various their child what they projects started and financed before your time. consider a better start in life-foregoing the pleasures which others enjoy. (Admit­ There are also a number of charitable trusts which are tedly there are those who can afford both: the school fees, and an annual holiday.) suitably disposed towards an appeal such as this. And of course, there are over 2,000 O.A's who will come to However, Britain being the democracy it is, choice is what really matters. The the aid of the old School provided the projects aren't "too soft" and the "discipline" Government in no way subsidises public schools, and I cannot see therefore why it of the School will not be allowed to deteriorate too far! should interfere with their position in contemporary society. The contrary occurs; But how do we get the message to these widespread and varied-and let's face it­ parents of public schoolchildren via local and national taxes subsidise the education not necessarily too willing givers? It shouldn't be too difficult for parents and those of others! local O.A's who will turn up at the School for various exeats and other functions. The only way to get at the more far flung O.A's is to organise meetings in the areas where Far from thinking that public schools are detrimental to the nation, I feel Britain there are concentrations of them-free drink is a not very subtle but an effective ploy benefits from them. Many of Britain's intellectuals, or people controlling the strings of for attracting them! the country, are ex-public school-the Civil Service, Industry and the Armed Forces. Well, how has it gone so far? All the meetings at King's and Pyrland The went well, ardent socialists argue that it is the "old school tie" network which counts. although a small matter of lOft. snow drifts and "red" flu did make some slight This, I feel, is grossly unfair. In the harsh modern world it is merit alone which brings re-arrangements necessary. promotion. I put it to you that it is the essence of public schools which allows one The meetings of O.A's entailing the Headmaster dashing up and down the motor­ to fulfil one's potential, and so attain the heights of each profession. Public schools way system between London - Birmingham - Exeter and Petersfield were all very have been in existence for over 500 years, and they must remain an integral part of worthwhile. The venues varied from sedate hotel conference rooms to a strange bar British society for the next 500. (evocative of Damon Runyon's "Harry the Horse") in London, and a pub that P. RUMBALL metamorphosed into an obviously very popular disco at the stroke of nine and 12 13 '~:0'1 - - ~------',, •. ,., T

virtually removed the hearing of the assembled company with its 200 watt quadra­ phonic sound system. The reason for reaching our first £100,000 by the end of the Easter term must King's College Community Service certainly stem from the tremendous success of the Headmaster in persuading the The highlight of this term's Community Service has been the award of £650 audiences of the need for and rightness of the Appeal objectives. (Have you got any made by National Westminster Bank Ltd. for our success in winning a prize in the refrigerators you want selling to Eskimos?) Once this is done, actually persuading national finals of the "Project Respond" competition of which the Bank is the patron. people to give to the Appeal is relatively simple. Although everyone has heard about This is a competition in which schools and colleges are invited to submit a social prob­ the benefits of covenants they don't always realise that as much as an extra 50% lem commonly experienced in their area, and to state what they are doing to solve it. comes our way from the taxman. We submitted our entire Community Service report, and were awarded the first prize You may, by now, have realised that not all our unsuspecting donors have fallen for: "Such a wide variety of activities, most efficiently and professionally organised and for the free drink or cavalier sandwiches, so we are still left with a considerable num­ carried out." ber whose life has not been completely fulfilled with the knowledge of the Appeal. The life and work of the Community Service has been much the same as usual How do we soften their hearts? We write them a letter calling upon their finer feelings this term. When the new Community Service was formed about twenty months and metaphorically rattling those odd pennies in our begging cup. ago, the initial plan was for "Slow but sure steps, natural evolution." At that time Well, it seems to have worked because by SportsDaywehavenotchedupanother there were sixty-five students involved-now there are about a hundred and eighty. £50,000. This is particularly encouraging when we take into account that we now visit almost But, you say, where is the missing £75,000 coming from? Believe it or not the the same number of elderly people as we used to have members of the Community Appeal is not the upper-most in the mind of the majority of these kind people we Service! have already approached. Appeal literature has a natural tendency to drop to the Although the number of people involved has nearly trebled, and is ever on the bottom of even the most efficient filing system. Again a reminder is sent out to bring increase, our general aims remain the same. They are threefold: it to the surface once again. (A throw-away statistic-the Chairman of the Appeal (i) Service to the Community. and the Headmaster have, between them, written or topped and signed over 6,000 (ii) Education in awareness. letters between them-so far! and each letter has to end up in the correct envelope!) (iii) Enjoyment. You may feel, having read so far, that my approach has perhaps been somewhat We feel that these aims are of paramount importance in the life of our Community flippant. It would be quite wrong to leave you with this impression. Throughout Service, and form a basis for all our various departmental activities, a full report of the past months we have met nothing but encouragement and enthusiasm for the which will appear in next term's Aluredian. The outgoing committee would like Centenary Appeal. The generosity of our donors has been truly remarkable and, to take this opportunity of thanking all those who have been involved with the although I am quite sure we shall reach our target within a very reasonable time, we Community Service during our time of office, and we hope that the same amount of must keep up the momentum and we shall continue to need all the help we can get. enthusiasm and co-operation will be given to the new committee who will take office But remember, success breeds success and most people like to be associated with a in September. Particular mention should be made of Mr. Poland, our "godfather," successful project-and this most certainly is. and representative in the Masters' Common Room, Father Smith, who is our liaison P. VAUGHAN-FOWLER officer with the Taunton Deane Council for Voluntary Service, Dr. Chenevix-Trench, (Director of the Centenary Appeal). Mr. Shepherd and all other masters who have, from time to time, aided our work. We would also like to thank Mr. Trevor Smith, the Almoner at Trinity Hospital, for his constant assistance and advice during the year; and also the "double-act," Mrs. Festival of Dedication at Lancing College Ross and Miss Gaiger, of the Social Services department, for their continued assis­ The Centenary of the Woodard Corporation takes place in 1979, and to mark tance. the importance ofthis occasion a new Rose Window was dedicated at Lancing Chapel, Next year, with the new premises for the Community Service administration, the Central Minster of the Woodard Foundation, on May 13th. In the window, we will be able to expand even further. We hope that this expansion will enable the seventeen schools and seven junior schools of the Corporation are represented­ more projects to be undertaken in ever increasing numbers. King's arms appearing on the west side. A magnificent service was held, involving s. F. BLOXAM-ROSE all thirty-four schools, in the presence of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, who read the lesson. The service was conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury-King's repre­ Print Shop sentatives being the Headmaster and Mrs. Batten, the School Captain, Vice-Captain A new feature is about to be added to the range of services beneficial to our and the Chaplain. community. It concerns the installation of a new printing press to replace the former The window was evidently the most important feature, being a masterpiece of ageing one, previously operated by the Bishop Fox House. The new press will be modern glass-work, comprising thirty thousand separate pieces, and specially designed in operation at the beginning of next term and will produce a range of personal with different coloured filters to reflect blue in the morning and reds and golds in the stationery in the form of letterheads, billheads, invitation cards, etc., at favourable evening. It certainly reflects the vision of what Gladstone saw in Nathaniel Woodard prices. The new machine is to be installed in the same room as the former one in 1861: the window shows Woodard's "Great energy, great constructive power and (next to the canoe shed), although it is larger and capable of higher quality work than is perfect mastery of the machinery of philanthropic agitation and his most intense the former one and, at a faster rate, seeing that it is electrified and self-loading. The udgement and admirable tact." machine will be loaned from A. J. Wheaton & Co., of Exeter. The standing print CLARISSA MEEK shop is to be demolished in September '79 and the machine will move to a specially 14 15 ~>~ ~~------...--..--- . . , . '' •. , .... '

allocated room, together with the offset lithography equipment. We all have high Travelling to Germany meant a six-hour train journey from Paris to Monch~n­ hopes for the future and may, if the situation allows, be taking on larger jobs in the Gladbach, during which one of my most anxious experiences occur.red. Whilst summer of '79. approaching my destination we stopped at a station and I saw that It was a~out A. J. WHEATON the time of my arrival. I looked out of the window and the station name was partially hidden by the clock and I knew the family were due to meet me at Wickrath. All I could see was .... rath and I assumed I had arrived and climbed out with two heavy All in a Term baggages. The station was Herzograth and the train had begun to .Pull.away-the My emotions were twofold when I set sail from Southampton to Le Havre guard refused to let me enter again. I was stranded at 11.30 at mght m a small, one evening at the beginning of January-excitement as to the prospect of adventure provincial station with no-one in sight and this was the l.ast train .. Fortunately I was which lay ahead of me, contrasted with apprehension as to whether it would be a seen by the station guard who gave a message to my family two mil~s down ~he track. Whilst waiting I success. I was met the next morning by the Headmaster of the school which was to had a free beer bought for me by the local publican, wh1ch had a be my host. I very soon settled into my new lifestyle-very different from the one I very reassuring effect. was used to! The school is in Lisieux, I stayed temporarily near Monchen-Gladbach for a week and then travelled to capital of the Pays d'Auge in Normandy. Jesteburg. Initially I was living in the country about 10 miles from the This is a small town about twenty miles from Hamburg. The s~andard of town, which meant getting living in Germany up at about 5.45 every morning to travel into school. A lover of sleep, I soon found was higher than that of France, which in its turn was hi.gher than this too tiring and by that of England. I lived in a modern, wooden house in the middle of a pme forest. pure chance the mother of my family had to leave for a week so I travelled regularly I had to change families. The house was 100 yards from the school. to Hamburg, which is a very impressive city. I had a tour around the harbour and two visits to the theatre-the costumes, or lack of them, in "Othello" The school and its life-style could not be more different from King's. It is a and "Hamlet" would have shocked even the most liberal of Englishmen! I saw one Catholic institute and several of the masters are priests. All the buildings had seen football match there and was later lucky enough to have a chat with Kevin Keegan, better days, many walls not having seen paint for decades. The school lavatories who seemed to be very much enjoying life in Germany. With about £1,000 for an were particularly public-some of the urinals were simply installed by a wall in the hour or so's autograph signing, who would not be? middle of the courtyard! Many would breathe a sigh of relief at the fact that there I attended the local school for about a week and it was particularly impressive. was no real equivalent of the prefect, but they had special masters instead. These It was a recently built state school with about 1,600 pupils. As with most schools it were known as surveillants or "pions" by the students. They do not teach anything was mixed and the whole atmosphere there was particularly natural. The teachers and try to preach discipline but very uneffectively. The majority of the lessons were were exceptionally good and there was an unusual rapport between pupil and teacher­ absolute riots, with the pupils being far more concerned about having a good time very different from the school in Lisieux. They do not work as hard as we do though! than working for their Baccalaun!at. The general attitude pervading the school was -they start work at 8 a.m. and finish at 1.05 p.m. six days a week. That is to say, one of "easy-goingness." There was of course no uniform and smoking was permitted they never have afternoon lessons-perhaps just reward for having to get up at 6.30 apart from in the classrooms. For me, the freedom to do what I wanted made a a.m. every day. I thought I was to have a bit of a rest from h~d work! . pleasant change. I was very disappointed in the time and facilities devoted towards When the time came for me to leave Germany I was particularly sad. Lookmg sport. Sport is an overstatement. We had two hours a week in which we generally back on my three months on the continent I can only describe the~ as some of the played football in the courtyard or a type of pseudo-volleyball in the gym. It was, most interesting, beneficial and, above all, enjoyable days of my bfe. I can only however, very much the company which made my life at the school enjoyable. finish by saying that if anyone really wishes to know the ways of these peopl~ and.to If you are a religious fanatic, Lisieux would probably be one of the most interest­ approach competence in their language it is imperative to get out there and hve with ing places to visit in France. There are numerous churches and cathedrals and almost them. every other shop is a souvenir shop devoted to Saint Therese. A slight exaggeration, M. J. STOCKTON but this saint does dominate the life of the town. The Basilique, an enormous cathe­ dral built in her memory, is architecturally splendid but spiritually cold. One almost becomes critical towards their obsession with this woman. Apart from religion the Lisieux 1978 town offers very little, though there are some excellent cafes, as one would hope The French department's exchange trip to Lisieux, our twin town in Normandy, to find in any typical French town!! The coffee is always "real" and not too expensive, in the last fortnight of April, was very successful. Many thanks to Mr. and Mrs. and the music was always dominated by that now well-known single "Ca plane Pocock who accompanied us to Lisieux with the school minibus and arranged the pour moi." ' excursi~ns. Jerry Stewart, Johnny Havens, Giles Robinette and myself made up the I was fortunate enough to visit Caen twice. I recommend it to anyone who has party which crossed the channel from Sout.haml?ton. Padd~ Beesley was dela}:'ed the chance to visit France. Caen is almost unique in the way it moulds the aesthetic in Ziirich and joined us in Lisieux after making ~Is way by tram from t~e other SI~e and ancient architecture of its castle and churches with the very modern pedestrian of Paris. We were warmly received at the Institute Fremont (our twm school m arcades, and statues. Its cleanliness puts shame on the average English city. I spent Lisieux) by M. le Superieur and were allocated to separate families in the town. one day in Paris during which I managed to visit most of the famous historical con­ For our first week there the French students were still on holiday and we were structions and if one is interested in history and architecture, the capital has a lot to shown around the sights of Lisieux: the vast Basilique monument in honour of Saint offer. For those whose interests lie in another direction, the name of the area is Theresa with its many altars; the old Lisieux cathedral with its notable organ, and Pigalle! beautiful gardens; the "M usee de la Mer" containing the exquisite seashell collection; 16 17 ·'ll ------~------'. ',, •• ,.,

and, of course, the multitude of little cafes strewn about the town in which we met With the increase in urban terrorism, governments have sought to find an effec­ during the ev~nings. Of these "La.Creperie," below the Basiliqu~, is recommended tive deterrent. The problem facing them is that their actions are limited by law­ as top cafe: JUkebox, comprehensive amusement range and drinks whose prices no government could openly break the law in order to defeat terrorism. Even emer­ did not rocket up at night. qur French counterparts seemed to have' a strange pre­ gency powers granted to security forces in such situations are inadequate. Thus ference for bottled water, which was more expensive than other liquid forms of re­ many counter-terrorist operations constitute breaches of law and consequently much freshment. of this work is covert. During our stay outings were arranged to several sites of interest. At Hon­ The diversity in the psychology of terrorism presents further problems for fl.eur, the picturesque old harbour town, it rained. However a subtle combination governments. Terrorists can range from the calm and organized to the volatile and of the .e~cellent Boudin museum and the cafes of Honfl.eur pro~ed agreeable. Further homicidal. Many terrorists have been defeated by their reluctance to carry out expeditions were made to the beautiful chateau of St. Germain de Livet, the Haras threats to execute hostages, or their preference of defeat to death. The most dangerous de Reux (Giles' stud farm), the Schlumberger oil museum the Calvados distillery terrorist is the unpredictable, dedicated to his cause, willing to die if necessary, but f?ell:uville (whe.re t.he cro.w~ed beach, promenade and the o'ne-way street system feli above all, upholding the Machiavellian principle that the end justifies the means. victim to our piratical dnvmg of a quadrucyclette), Caen, Bayeux, with cathedral and Such a terrorist would be prepared to blow himself up along with a plane full of tapestry, and t~e Arromanches museum on the site of the Normandy landings. Both hostages were his demands not met. the Fremont mmibus and M. le Superieur's driving were quite remarkable. In Lisieux itself, we paid visits to both the animal market and the general market, Governments should on no account concede to blackmail in releasing convicted where we were asked to do all the purchasing. One evening we watched a superb terrorists or criminals on pressured demands, as such action would lead to an escala­ film, "L'Amour viole," and on our last Saturday night we went to the excellent tion in terrorism. However, they are often blamed for failing to co-operate if hostages "Solan's" discotheque. die at the hands of terrorists when demands are not met. . Everywhere the hospi~ality was convivial, and the French way of life, especially a hijacking, another option Many thanks to our In the case of an overt terrorist operation, such as m the area of food and dnnk, made a great impression on us. use of force. As was tragically demonstrated at Miinich families and we look forward to receiving the French over here in July. is open to governments : the French in 1972, anti-terrorist operations are invariably beyond the capabilities of civil police. A. H. HICKSON The existence of anti-terrorist squads, comprised of highly trained, well-equipped men, most with a military background, is now common knowledge, thanks to the exploits of Ha'hvreh at Entebbe and Grenzschutzgruppe 9 at Mogadishu. Not all anti-terrorists are so military in nature: Ha'hvreh is well accustomed to putting men aboard El AI planes, posing as relief crew, who then (as is euphemistically termed) overpower the hijackers. However, Israel is not alone. Aerofl.ot crews are given anti-terrorist instruction, and put this to good use. Any such overt operation demands the element of surprise, and terrorists who @ value their lives more than their cause, but even so there is great risk to hostages. ~@[Fl]~ @~@~[[l]~~ An operation of this kind launched against terrorists faithful to their cause would end in bloody disaster. 0 launch reprisal attacks, as was the fr~UUCQJU08miTJ - - Anti-terrorist squads have also been known to case with the systematic liquidation of the thirteen P.L.O. members, associated with the Munich Olympic massacre, by the Shin Beth (the operative arm of Israeli intelli­ gence). On the face of it, Israel was making a defiant stand against terrorism, for no other country brought these terrorists to justice, but the whole idea turns very sour when it is realised that such reprisal attacks are merely a further manifestation of terrorism. Consequently the governments which make a stand against terrorism may end up perpetrating such crimes themselves. J. D. SUNDERLAND

May Day Terrorism is the policy of using violence and intimidation to obtain political de­ On Monday, May 1st, while the rest of the country had a bank holiday, over mands or enforce political authority. Although terrorism has become synonymous one hundred boys at King's stayed in bed for an extra two hours. During the after­ with the cause of the urban guerilla, it is in fact neither a new phenomenon, nor re­ noon, despite the bank holiday weather, the School Prefects challenged the Masters stricted to small political pressure groups. to a series of running races. After that most of the School spent the evening peering 18 19 "'\~ ·~ ••rl•·•lll'•''\"1

out into the rain and to where the barbecue would have been held. But as if all that were not enough, the following weekend witnessed twenty of the School pushing two It is now some years since the group was founded, originally as the Taunton beds to Exeter and back. branch of the British Association of Young Scientists. Four years ago it was decided All of these spectacles have been put on, and organised, in an effort by the boys of that support from Taunton's schools was strong enough to sustain an independently King's to raise some money for the Centenary Appeal. A target of £1 000 was set by financed group and so Taunton Young Scientists was formed. the Headmaster and a substantial part of that sum has now been re~lised. Indeed, Last year all sixth-formers were invited to lend a hand in developing this year's the School has slept, run, eaten and pushed itself some £500 nearer to this target in meetings by filling in a questionnaire. A good response to this enabled the committee the first ten days of May. When it is considered that parents are exempt from this to organise a tailor-made programme of events, which attracted a large membership aspect of the Appeal this is no mean feat. with strong representation by King's. It was most unfortunate that the first of May should have been so wet but this har~ly affected the enthusiasm for the sporting events. The masters' steeplechases In the Michaelmas term, a large and appreciative audience enjoyed a lively dunng the afternoon were watched by nearly all of the School, and a fair proportion lecture/demonstration at Huish's, given by Dr. D. H. Maass, of Salford University, must have been surprised to see the Masters' team (in the relay race around the School) under the title "Reactions-a-Go-Go." This was followed by an interesting talk at beat the prefects by a margin of forty-six seconds. The sight of the Headmaster in his King's on "Materials in medicine." Here Prof. B. Harris, of Bath University, was the sports _kit, being hotly pur_sued by his School C~ptain (in what I took to be fancy speaker. dress) IS not one that IS easily forgotten. Maybe It was the various costumes sported by the School prefects that slowed their team so; but I have a sneaking suspicion that This term the group was treated to an authoritative discourse on infra-red either the masters, in secrecy, had been rising early and training each morning for the spectroscopy at Bishop Fox's. The speaker very kindly brought along a spectrometer last month, or else they managed to secure some short cut that our honest and upright and, in the course of delivering his lecture, rather expertly ran off several spectra School prefects would not stoop to contemplate. But later in the afternoon our pre­ which were later distributed to members. It is anticipated that soon member schools fects really showed their class, as they decisively won the more arduous cross-country will be in a position to speak to the group occasionally concerning scientific projects steeplechase. being undertaken in their own schools. The bed push, however, made the steeplechases seem like child's play. Exeter So far King's has always managed to provide two reliable and co-operative may not seem very far away from Taunton, especially to this MS generation who are sixth form members of the committee, and this year has been no exception. I, and incapable of remembering summer Saturday journeys on the old A.38, but to push a other colleagues, are indebted to George Wilkinson and Jeremy Peel for their hard bed to Exeter and then back the next day is a very considerable achievement. Some work. two weeks afterwards I still have the remnants of blisters on my feet, and my aches B.L. and pains took over a week to recover. But unlike everyone else I only walked eight out of the seventy miles. Both the King Alfred and Bishop Fox teams walked the whole way. Even when they were not actually pushing their beds they were determined to walk alongside rather than travel in the accompanying cars. The good will of fellow travellers was amazing, and nobody objected at all to being held up behind a bed travelling at a steady 3t m.p.h. Indeed, everyone just waved and smiled; flashed their headlights or shouted out words of encouragement. Some, happy to have been Skateboarding held up behind us, overtook and pulled up to enquire what we were doing, and pro­ ceeded to donate some money. A dangerous, obstructive, juvenile, expensive way to waste your time. This is Other events to be organised for the Appeal later in the term include a production the view put forward by many non-skateboarders when the subject is raised. These of "Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat" (which will be fully narrow-minded people have absolutely no grounds to comment on the sport at all. reported in the next edition of the Aluredian), a large raffle, and also the barbecue, I use the word 'sport', not 'craze'! which should be held later in the term when the sun begins to shine a little. It is very important for the School to be involved with the Appeal, and as the The plain fact is that skateboarding is enjoyed by millions of children and adults individual whose task it is to co-ordinate and organise what I term the "Internal the world over. It is the world's fastest-growing teenage sport. It always draws large Appeal," I hope that the boys have managed to have some honest mirth whilst at the crowds to competitions and is a superb spectator sport. It is given repeated television same time contributing towards the Sports Hall. coverage and a good response is always recorded. In a recent survey in U.S.A. the N. D. BYE skateboard was rated 25th most dangerous consumer item. (Beds took eighth posi­ tion!) At King's, also, the sport is here to stay. Many skateboarders, and some of the Taunton Young Scientists more open-minded non-skatecatters, under the superb guidance of Mr. Jacquet, have worked hard to build their own radical skateboard track; and have succeeded! This group exists to provide regular lectures and visits of interest to Taunton's Here, also, skateboarding came under heavy attack from some quarters but, as is sixth form scientists. This year the group has enjoyed a full and varied programme of the nature of the sport, it has survived. As the Headmaster said, "If we are going to events. skateboard we will be the best skateboarders in the country." M. D. TOWNLEY 20 21

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Mat's Place When Fr. Hutt first arrived at King's the conversation in our VII Divinity set always seemed to drift back to the same topics: racial discrimination, housing condi­ UUillWatthew's meeting place is yours tions, and politics. So in an attempt to acquaint us with such problems and get a general impression of a predominantly black populated area, the Chaplain took four of us up to Brixton, in South London. We stayed at St. Matthew's meeting place, which is run by the Revd. Bob Nind, a friend of Fr. Hutt. The actual church of St. Matthew was built in 1825 when Brixton was the home of rich London merchants, who financed the erection of the church, so the building, although run-down, is very impressive. Now Fr. Nind has begun renovating the church, and recently, at a cost of £240,000, has succeeded in digging out the crypt, which involved removing 120 lead coffins. They are now planning to rebuild the interior of the whole church; a spiral staircase and lift running from the crypt to the church roof, a workshop for the community, a hall, and an amphitheatre to seat 200 people, are going to cost about £250,000 to complete. With only a few black and white helpers Bob Nind tries to co-ordinate the fifteen societies which use the meeting place. This is by no means an easy job. Users range from the Socialist Workers' Party to the Conservative Party, with the Women's Lib movement and youth clubs also meeting there. This involves constant changes in atmosphere. For instance on Saturday nights the crypt is used for private parties until 3 a.m. and at 7 a. m. there's a Church of England communion service. An hour later the African Pentecostal Church hold a service. A Church of England evensong follows this, and then a West Indian church holds a service. Originally the church was built to knit the community together as revolutionary ideas spread from France. 150 years later it is still doing its job, and blacks and whites can mingle freely at the meeting place. St. Matthew's is situated in Brighton Road, Brixton, surrounded by a small park in which people sit and enjoy the sun, and the local alcoholics drink cheap cider for hours on end. The drinking problem, Fr. Nind informed us, is evident mainly in the unemployed Irish population. Just down the road is Brixton Market. Asian and African imported goods, like coconut, yams, cassavas and large bananas (used as a potato-like vegetable), were on sale from hundreds of stalls. The rhythmic boom of reggae pumped from record stalls and shops. The area is presided over by a very left-wing Socialist council, and the area is full of strong political feeling. Walls, windows and fences everywhere were plastered with posters, evidence of a recent by-election in which no less than eleven parties contested, and the National Front finished third. The faces and slogans of Redgrave, Chase, Bogue, and many others stared at us from every surface broken by the intermittent anti-Nazi posters. There was a sharp contrast between the old Georgian merchants' houses and the stark, box-like new council houses being built to house the new immigrants from Ireland, Africa, Asia and the West Indies. Some people are still living in houses which were condemned thirty years ago. Others, in many ways less lucky, are crammed into huge high-rise blocks of flats like sardines in an over-populated tin. The area was not, as one might expect, a breeding ground for social and racial discontent. The community showed a willingness to help and to participate in communal activities. In places such as St. Matthew's all different faiths and beliefs are brought together, and hence the meeting place is the centre of a very mixed society striving to better itself. It is hoped that a party from King's will visit St. Matthew's for a week in the summer holidays to help at the centre and to gain the experience for which we our­ selves were very grateful. 22 J. M. WILLIAMS An artist's impression of St. Matthew's, Brixton 23 • • .• ~ ' 'I , \. 1 • .,, ~ r ~.:-.... - -~~------r

C.C.F. Activities Adventure Training '78 . I seem to have undertaken the impossible: to try to compress the events of ten R.A.F., C.C.F. EASTER CAMP IN GERMANY days in Yorkshire and the Lake District into this tiny space I have been allocated. I have, therefore, endeavoured to say a little bit about everything, although this makes it difficult to give a complete account of anything. Our party of four cadets flew from Luton on the evening of Wednesday, 5th April, in a Boeing 737 to R.A.F. Wildenrath. The aim of the week-long camp was The camp was originally intended to be a three centre holiday involving two nights to show the thirty cadets in attendance how an active station overseas operates, and in Giggleswick School, near Settle, a night under canvas in Great Langdale, and then what it consists of, and something of the neighbourhood. The first two days were a week in log cabins at High Wray, near Ambleside. Sleeping arrangements were spent on the station, and we saw the attack/defence system operating on the station­ rough-at Giggleswick School we slept on the gym floor, while at High Wray we slept the former being covered by the two squadrons, 19 and 92, of Phantom interceptor in bunk beds which were sprung with three-by-one planks; though I must confess aircraft, and the latter being covered by the R.A.F. Regiment flight, and the Blood­ I have never slept better in my life. hound guided missile squadron, 25 Squadron. Every day, each Phantom squadron supplies an aircraft and crew. There are two in a Phantom for the "Battle Flight." On the first day we were going to do the Three Peaks Walk, which is twenty­ This is on duty 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and can be called out at any time and five miles long and involves climbing Pen-y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleb~rough in any weather. Owing to its close proximity to the East German border, the "Battle in twelve hours or less. This meant rising early-5.30 a.m., if I remember nghtly. Flight" at Wildenrath is on five minutes stand-by (it is 10 minutes in the U.K.), which And so we arrived at the start of the Three Peaks Walk at 7.15 a.m. It had snowed means that from "the horn" to take-off, the N.A.T.O. headquarters demand a maxi­ overnight and the hills were under a foot of snow. However, what had promised mum time of five minutes. I should point out that the Wildenrath crew boast an average early on to be a fine day began to turn unpleasant as we ascended Pen-y-Ghent 11:nd time of 3 minutes 20 seconds. The main armaments of the R.A.F. Regiment are by the time we were scrambling up the crags there was a full gale blowmg, carrymg speed (it can be out of the station en route to anywhere, complete with its own food, with it vast quantities of minute ice crystals which caused a certain amount of dis­ cooks, gunners, technicians, etc., in under two hours!), and the highly mobile Rapier comfort. As we descended the mountain, conditions became more tolerable with less ground-to-air missile system. Six of these units can be deployed to give full defensive wind and no mist. My team was about three miles from the first checkpoint (the cover to an installation and knock out an aircraft before it is close enough to damage school minibus) when it began to first rain heavily, and subsequently snow, and by the installation. the time we had reached Mr. Kerslake, and his hot coffee, full blizzard conditions were again prevalent. At this point it was decided that to continue would have almost On the Saturday, we went into Holland to visit the Philips electronic exhibition certainly caused several cases of exposure, with all but a few of us soaked to the skin in Eindhoven. This exhibition dealt with all aspects of life, from urbanisation, food, at this stage, and we therefore spent the rest of the day relaxing at Giggleswick School. communications, etc., through to electronic toys. On the Sunday, we visited Holland That afternoon again, but this time we went to the war museum at Overloon (the site of a battle during arrangements were made for us to spend another night at Giggles­ the allied invasion of 1944). This museum had wick School, and miss the night under canvas, in view of the weather conditions. exhibits both indoors and out, with Thus the many examples of hand weapons, propaganda, and a model of one of the infamous following day we were able to go to Wensleydale, where we saw the famous Hardraw Falls and spent the afternoon climbing Dodd Fell in sunny but cool weather concentration camps inside, and tanks, cannon and aeroplanes outside. On Monday conditions. we travelled to "Phantasialand" on the outskirts of Cologne. "Phantasialand" is the German equivalent of "Disneyland," and has a wild-west section, as well as a In the Lake District the fell walking was organised on every day except the Tues­ lake, monorail and other more usual amusement park items. day, when it rained heavily, and a visit to the National Parks Commission centre at Brockhole was substituted. Mr. McKegney The remaining days of the trip included a visit to the Army Air Corps Squadron organised canoeing on Sunday, Monday based on the and Tuesday, whilst rock climbing was organised by Messrs. Bartlett, Hartley and station, which has Sioux and Gazelle helicopters, the latter providing Yeabsley on Wednesday and Thursday. what was for many their first helicopter flight, a visit to the third aeroplane squadron on the station, 60 Squadron, which flies Pembroke transport aircraft, and a visit to I went fell walking every day and I think it went very well. We were split into the R.A.F. Police Dog section. The dogs provided a display of their intensive training groups of about six most days with usually one or two masters. On Sunday we which included a demonstration of an arrest of a running "target," a standing, armed climbed Silver How, Blea Rigg and Harrison Stickle; Monday: Wetherlam, Black "target," and an exhibition of the dogs' response to hand signals which would be Sails, Swirl How and the Old Man of Coniston; Wednesday: Heron Pike, Great used if ever the need for silence arose whilst on patrol. On the last day, a trip into the Rigg, Fairfield, Hart Crag, Dove Crag, High Pike; Thu~sda:t: Doll:twaggon Pike, largest neighbouring town-Monchen-Giadbach-was arranged. Throughout the Nethermost Pike, Helvellyn, Helvellyn Lower Man, White Side, Raise, Stybarrow camp, cadets had been able to go out of the station, and visit the neighbouring villages Dodd. The only abortive walk was Friday's. We intended to c~imb Scafell. ~ike during their free time in the evening. from Great Langdale, via Rossett Gill and Esk Hause. As we climbed conditions grew steadily worse until eventually we were in a blizzard and mist, with visibility All in all, it was a most enjoyable and instructive visit, and an experience well worth remembering. almost down to zero. We came to within 400 yards and 300 feet of the summit when we were confronted with a ridge sheathed in glassy ice with a 600 feet drop on either N. E. REED side and a phenomenal crosswind. It was with disappointment, but not regret, that I gave the word to turn back. 24 25 ~}.... ~~------' 1'1 ~ .. , ... •• ~,,.,,~.~i"\-

I understand that those who went canoeing enjoyed themselves. There were, wiser and more reflective member of the band, was well able to express his horror needless to .say, a few capsizes amongst the beginners. Most of the canoeing took at the change in Musgrave and dramatically reflected his anguished feelings when place on Wmdermere and a small lake near High Wray, with some canoeing on the rebuking him-"lt won't do, Black Jack. You swore there'd be no killing." river at Skelwith Bridge for the more experienced. Although the four soldiers are the central characters in the play, by no means Rock climbing, I gather, was done near Derwent Water and in Great Langdale. did they outshine the performances of the other actors. Guest's Bar gee reminded me of Everyone made several ascents and those I spoke to about their experiences seemed to Rumpelstiltskin, as he gleefully bounded around the stage. As he vacillated in his have enjoyed it very much. loyalties, he symbolised all the selfishness and double dealing that exists in the world, All in all I feel that the camp was a great success and almost everyone who went and yet Guest managed to give a sympathetic and amusing performance. There wants to go again next year. Domestic arrangements ran smoothly and were free of was little indication that this was his first appearance in drama. There was no doubt breakdowns, except when the wheel fell off the canoe trailer! about the acting experience that the two girls brought to the play. Susan Hall's Mrs. And the food . .. was superb. Hitchcock was magnificently conceived and beneath the harder exterior, we found a M. w. GREENWOOD sympathetic and well-intentioned woman, whose strength of character made her the equal of all the other characters in the play. Jessica Duxbury had a difficult role, and although I feel she should have appeared much more dishevelled and sluttish, she gave a sympathetic and competent performance throughout. The three leading colliers each brought to their parts an individuality that I admired greatly. Arden identified them simply as "slow", "pugnacious" or "earnest" and Pern!e, Close and Richards coped splendidly with the varying moods and attitudes of an impoverished working class community. Similarly the local town dignitaries, Sergeant Musgrave's Dance portrayed by Busby, Perry and Mann, were credible and reflected the difficulties and problems of discipline in the class struggle between working men and the authorities. "AND IT'S NOT A DANCE OF JOY" They all showed their inability to cope with the unexpected and were all fearful of the consequences of their actions. It was obvious from the reaction of the audience that whatever difficulties of The quality of the acting produced one of the best major school plays for many comprehension the play may have created, nevertheless the quality of the presentation years and encourages the belief that future School and House productions will manage and the high level of performance were genuinely appreciated by everyone who to reach new heights. I found the play disturbing and thought-provoking and con­ attended this production. John Arden's play is subtitled "An unhistorical parable" gratulate Mr. Lee and all his cast and assistants on realising a memorable evening. and although. it. is set in a Northern town in the late 1800s, its theme is frighteningly I.H. mode~n and smtsterly close at hand. It concerns the deep-seated proneness to disorder and vwlence that constantly threatens to undermine a human's good intentions and bring chaos and upheaval into men's lives. Musgrave and his soldiers, who impose themselves on the small mining community, arrive with a near messianic zeal but the King Alfred House Play­ play ends in tragedy, with Musgrave overcome with horror and disbelief at the contradictory effect of their actions. As Mrs. Hitchcock says: "Here we are, and we'd got life and love. Then you came in and you did your scribbling where nobody " Jockey Club Stakes" asked you." BY WILLIAM DOUGLAS-HOME The play makes considerable demands on both actors and audience and it is to the credit of the former that they held our attention throughout the performance and The play opens in the Room at Weatherby's, London. Three Jockey Club produced a mature and highly appreciative reaction, even in the potentially difficult Stewards, the Marquis of Candover, played by Nick Jones, Lord Coverley de Beau­ stable scene. This scene, which ends Act 11, is fascinating for its changing moods, mont, played by Malcolm Greenslade and Colonel Sir Robert Richardson, played by and the actors tackled the problems with skill and conviction. One of the great merits Ian Marsh, are looking into a case of alleged "pulling" (that is running a horse slow of the production was the appropriateness of the casting and the manner in which to increase the betting prices on it, in its next race) involving a Captain Trevor Jones, the actors had conceived their parts. Fielder, as Musgrave, had a long and difficult played by Nicholas Alderson. In the course of the inquiry, the Marquis discovers role and he coped with it with increasing confidence and expertise as the play pro­ that his daughter Ursula, played by Sue Otty, and his wife are involved and he stands gressed. He was cool and composed, but at times could have allowed himself to be down, his place being taken by a very upright official, Tom Glass, played by James more fanatically daemonic, particularly in the final act when events turned completely McCallum. Glass knows that Jones is guilty, having been told by a friend, Jim Green against his aspirations. (Chairman of the Levy Board), played by John 0. Goddin. However, Coverley de Pillar, Starratt and Vickery all caught the essential qualities of the three soldiers Beaumont lies to save Jones when it comes to the final vote and the latter is acquitted. and their acting experience enabled each of them to produce a convincing performance, Green then swears to expose all at a Saints' and Sinners' dinner and in an effort to ranging from humour to pathos and final tragedy. Pillar was suitably venomous and "butter him up" Candover lends him his horse, Sir Galahad. In the second act, cynical in his attitude to the crowd, prepared eventually to shoot down innocent men a second inquiry is held on how Sir Galahad had come to be doped at the Warwick in his zeal. Starratt was ideal as Sparky, the comic, whose pointless death appears to meeting a few days before. A stable lad, Charlie Wisden, played by Dick Mather, trigger off the change in fortunes of the band of deserters. Vickery playing the older, denies responsibility and then Green is interviewed. It is then that the Colonel 26 27 realises that it is a frame-up to discredit Green and stop him delivering his threatened speech. However, he is told by Coverley de Beaumont to remain silent. "It is the Jockey Club Stakes. We've got to win." Green brings in his lawyer, Sir Dymock Blackburn, Q.C., to fight his case. It is uncovered that Ursula had asked Jones to dope Sir Galahad, the trainer denying that he had done so. Then Green's wife, played by Sue Hall, bursts in, saying that she had asked Wisden to dope the horse since she needed money to pay off a £700 debt. Wisden denies doing so. Candover, being let off the hook by the implication of Green in the case, invites him to become a steward and the latter accepts. Eventually it is discovered that the dope tests on Sir Galahad were negative, anyway. It is a complex plot and it was generally a well presented play. It is always difficult to portray a rich room on a school stage and I think Justin Williams managed quite well with the facilities available. The main complaint I would make is that it was a very static play, with little action, and although much time and effort had obviously gone into planning moves on stage, I think more movement could have been used. The individual performances were very competent, with some of the cast surprising many with their hitherto hidden talents. The three stewards, Ian Marsh, Nick Jones and Malcolm Greenslade, were all suitably aristocratic, with Ian playing the perfect "ex-Colonel type" . Nicholas Alderson played a very suave Jones, while Sue Otty played the role of his sophisticated fiancee Ursula. John 0 Goddin was very much at home playing an American!!! He contrasted sharply with James McCallum and Tim Close, who represented the English aristocratic ideals of fair play and justice. Dick Mather, as always, played the mug, whose coarseness seemed very out of place amongst the trappings of the Jockey Club. Support was provided by Sue Hall, Neil Gane, Debbie Clayton-Payne, and Jonathan Williams. Overall, a great deal of credit must go to Justin Williams for a fine production, considering the complexity of the plot and the relative inexperience of the cast as a G. Sainsbury, Esq. whole. Presentation of S. D. PILLAR cheque to King's College Community Service in "Project Respond" Competition Carpenter House Play­ "The Fire-Raisers" BY MAX FRISCH "The Fireraisers" is the tale of how Mr. Biedermann (Blair Cliffe), an upstand­ ing citizen and manufacturer of a hair tonic, through his own weakness brings disaster upon his home. Widow Muller (Georgia Kacandes) arrives and warns Mr. Bieder­ mann of the danger of Fireraisers-her husband was one of their victims. Soon after, an unexpected arrival produces a tramp-like character called Herr Schmitz (Gary Start). Mr. Biedermann is completely taken in by Schmitz's heart-stirring delivery about his tough childhood, and as a result Schmitz is invited to stay for a meal and given a bed for the night. Lois Butler convincingly plays the seemingly strong-minded wife and threatens to throw Schmitz out herself. The confrontation between these two is very well acted to show the true weakness of Mrs. Biedermann, who with great feminine charm ends up inviting Schmitz to stay longer. In fact, Schmitz is a Fireraiser, who, with fellow Fireraiser Herr Eisenring (Tim Pern~e), eventually burns the house down. A chorus of three leather-jacketed firemen frequently appear to give warnings of the pending danger. This chorus is led by Craig Busby, who gives a stunning (at times, perhaps, too stunning!) performance and the other two firemen are played 28 ·••·~r~ .. :.·~·~~- ~ ..... r·• -- -- -·--· - - - · - ·- . • -· •

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very effectively by Rick Cawse and Tony Mann. This production bad three groups of characters on the stage at the same time throughout t~e play. As th~ play dev~loped, light was switched from one group to another. This therefore did away _wit? the problem of many entrances and thus ~id a wea~ deal to enha_nce the c~ntmmty of the play. The extraordinary preoccupation With cigarettes and cigars certamly seemed to relax the actors but tended at times to detract from the play itself. All actors appeared quite con~incing, though some more so than others, and c<;mfidence notice­ ably grew as the play proceeded. Other actors not already mentiOned were Paul Rumball as the local "Bobby", Neil Pidgeon as Doctor of Philosophy, and Helen Shapland as the maid, Anna. . . A special mention is deserved in four aspects of the play: to Bla1r Cliffe for a well controlled and thoroughly convincing leading performance; to Gary Start for his spontaneous eating habits which seemed, almost like second nature; to the special effects department who at the end of the play tried to deafen the audience with a bang, blind them with a magnesium flash, and choke them with chlorine gas; and finally to Adrian Bell, the producer, for producing a first-class play. · Thank-you to everyone concerned with the play for a thoroughly enjoyable evening. D. A. FIELDER Bishop Fox House Play­ "The Critic" BY RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN The Bishop Fox House play this year was a comedy entitled "The Critic," by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Set on the stage of the Drury Lane Theatre in 1779, the play revolves around a playwright showing his latest masterpiece to two acquain­ tances during a rehearsal. But the playwright has given the actors licence to cut from the script whatever they do not like, because he is so sure of its brilliance. The play, written by Mr. Puff, excellently portrayed by C. Warwick, is entitled "The Spanish Armada," involving the love of the beautiful daughter of the Governor of Tilbury Fort, Tilburina (played by Clarissa Meek, of course) and a Spanish captain, Don Ferolo Whiskerandos (M. Reeves). Rather amazingly involved are Sir Waiter Raleigh (H. Murrell) and Sir Christopher Hatton (N. Scroggs), who must defend England against the Spanish threat. As the play progresses, Puff becomes more and more distressed as his "best dialogue" is cut by the discerning actors. The comments of Sneer (N. Bulloch) were sometimes lost under the constant laughter, but Dangle (P. Thompson) always managed to get the play going again. The "play" had some excellent moments, including a silent "major character," played by P. Beesley. It also had some improbable characters, the best of which being the mysterious Beef­ eater(J. Wheatley), who is actually the captain of the privateer that captured Whisker­ andos. When the two meet again, there is a duel which literally brings the house down. The "play" also had some unintentional local humour and M. Burvill, as the Governor, made full use of the immortal line, "I am summoned to the fort." The audience much appreciated the efforts of Bishop Fox, for three times they broke into applause before the final curtain. A round of applause should also go toP. Thomp­ son for the production, and to Mr. Jacquet for an excellent set, and an amazing sea battle which could only be done once. The choice of play was perfect, for it enabled the actors playing the actors to be either hams or dolts, always adding to the comedy. Although lacking in sophistication, the Fox play was extremely entertaining and enjoyable. R. STARRATI 29 Meynell House Play­ following the entrance of Felicity. Henceforth the action becomes increasingly com­ plex until Stoppard achieves the clever device of reversing the roles of the two critics "The Happy Haven" with Simon (the chief suspect) and Hound. BY JOHN ARDEN Moon (James Hall) and Bird boot (Richard Bowles) successfully gave the play the required initial impetus by their apparently deep concern over the box of chocolates "The I;Iappy Haven," by John Arden, falls into the category of a dramatic fantasy and in their long conversation about Myrtle, which could easily have lapsed into a an~ ~eals wtth a the~e of ~trong social importance. The plot revolves round the petty boring dialogue in less competent hands. The actions and conviction of Mrs. Drudge politics and the relatwnshtps between the residents and staff of an old folks home "The made one wonder if perhaps Kate Bray had found some latent talent in this field, Happy Hon:e," and the exp.eriments ~erformed by the Doctor in Charg~-Dr. especially when a digestive biscuit (or two?) spontaneously disappeared from a con­ Cop~erthwa~te-who uses the mmates as mvoluntary guinea-pigs to produce a scienti­ venient plate. Simon Gascogne (Ad am Tavener) was aided by the fact that at Muldoon fic reJUVe?a~wn. The pl~y aptly shows not only the patients but the doctor's view of Manor the French windows contain no glass, in case-as happened-the latch gets events wtthin the estabh~hment. Thus one's sympathies are not directed entirely stuck. Nevertheless he did succeed in conveying the necessary atmosphere of intrigue tow~ds the ?I~ people-mdeed Arden forces one to maintain an objective approach and the unease of a potential murderer admirably. The entrance of Felicity (Helene vergmg on dtsh~e towar~s .the elderly residents who seem to possess such a small Plant), although forewarned by a stray tennis ball, produced the spontaneity needed degree of matunty that 1t ts ba~d for one to be convinced of their advanced ages. to disarm Simon, and even more effectively when repeated with Birdboot, and it no Arden thus presents a play whtch questions the traditional concept of the respect doubt made a refreshing change for the largely male audience to see the female re­ owed to ~lderly people and goes so far as to undermine the integrity of human nature. ceiving a "cold shoulder" for a change! . Davtd Bye played the role of Dr. Copp~rthwa~te with inimitable style-and Birdboot's incidental exclamation of "Christ" presented an apt cue for the relish-;and he added a coherence to the play whtch at times seemed essentially lacking entrance of Cynthia (Jessica Duxbury), who took capable control for much of the dramatic structur.e. The roles of Mrs. Pbineus and Mrs. Letouzel, here played play, although Birdboot's decision that her performance is "one of the summits by Candy Moggndge and Penelope Lee respectively, and the characters of the two in the range of contemporary theatre" seems somewhat over-generous. This be­ WOJ?en were P

Thus, in absolute terms, the Woodard House play did not achieve a very high standard. Lines, at times, were inaudible; for such a short play there were a large numbe~ of prompts; and the portrayal of individual characters was unconvincing. In particular John Matbewson, as the inspector, was inconsistent in his mannerisms MUSIC and accent. He also paid more attention to his obviously unlit pipe than the audience. David Lance, as the husband of the murder victim, tended to overplay his anxieties Recital by the Music Staff of Taunton School until his performance, hardly creditable at any stage, bordered on comedy. Rick Starratt, as Dr. Ginsberg, played his role with more confidence than any other member On the evening of Monday, 16th January, members of the music sta~ of Taunton of the cast, but did not give a performance of the same high standard as in the School School gave a recital of music for voice, clarinet, trombone and piano to the play. Joanna Mole, as the Nurse-the actual murderer-was the only member of Music Club. Those taking part were Terence Ravenor (who also teaches bra~s at the cast who was convincing in her role. Although over-quiet, this helped accentuate King's), Cyril Chapman, Mike Brown (Director of Mu~ic at Taunton~, Ann L~ndo her gentleness as a nurse, and made the revelation at the end of the play all the more and Fiona Card well, and the programme included songs, mstrumental tnos and piano surprising. Brian Corfield played his part well, and other members of the cast included solos. Nicola Perkins as the secretary, Juliet Blancbard, as the sister of the patient, the mur­ A good-sized audien~e, predominantly Lo~er School, turned up to bea~ these der victim, who was played (encased almost totally in plaster) by Louise Smart. musicians give pleasantly mformal and unassummg performances of s?me de~ghtful Simon de Wilton played a very scientific, and serious, scientist. and charming music. The programme commenc~d and con.cluded With mellifluous However poor by absolute standards the play might have been it was no doubt performances of trios in which the trombone substituted for vwloncello-amovement a valuable experience for the cast. from Beethoven's early (and rather dull) Trio Op. 11 for clarinet, piano and 'cello But for the audience it was mere entertainment: an Agatba Cbristie murder and three short movements from an ear-tickling suite by Max Brucb. Mr: Raven~r's story in the classic mould. At times it managed to reach a certain level of proficiency, expertise in coping with flowing 'cello parts on trombone was to ?e admir~d. ~1ke but even the best parts could scarcely be described as much more than competent. Brown gave us some of the exquisite songs that are t.o be f<;mnd m the D1~hterhebe The lines, bad they been more thoroughly learnt, might well have been delivered more cycle by Schumann and Ann Lindo skilfully cbaractensed(w1th he~p from p~ano and/ confidently (and audibly). This would then have rebounded upon the other aspects or clarinet) two nursery rhymes, The Ragwort and The Dandel~on, by S1r Artbur of the production that were especially lacking: movement, characterisation and, Bliss. Fiona Card well, besides providing admirable ac~ompamment.s. to mos! ?f most importantly for a play so dependant upon suspense: continuity and momentum. these items, also played two piano solos, a Prelud~ ~y Chopm and the exc1tmg Segmdil­ las by Albeniz. We are most grateful to the musiCians f~om Taunton School for pr<;J­ N. D. BYE viding us with such a civilized and enjoyable concert which has encouraged the mus1c staff at King's to be thinking in terms of a return fixture. B.J.S. Subscription Concert: Robert Vincent The second subscription concert of the Lent Term was a ~arpsichord reci~al given by Robert Vincent, organist of J\:1ancbester. Cathedral. T~ JUdge fr~m the SJ~e of the audience, some people were feeling that this would b~ a tnfle ~sotenc for th~1r taste; but the programme was varied enough and the playmg suffi~!ently p~r~u~~JVe to make for a very enjoyable occasion. Now that the battle ~or authentiCJt~ of performing style in older music has been fo_ught for so long, It was no. surpnse to find the soloist playing on a harpsichord of ei.ghteenth- rathe~ than twe~tJeth-century design: his instrument was a copy of a splendid French har~s1chord datmg. from 1769 (the only modern addition being the motto on. the lid, "MusiCa dulce labons levamen, an opinion apparently shared by those who m1ssed second prep to att~nd). . . The best French harpsichords are astonishingly resonant and nch, especially m the bass, and the first half of the program~e was la~gely given ~ver to m~sic perfec.tly suited to their characteristics: French harpsichord p1eces by Loms Coupenn, Dandnen and Rameau with Bach's Italian Concerto to close. An Unmeasured Prelude, by Couperin, sb~wed off the sup~rb sononity ~fthe ins~rument while missi.ng some o~the spirit of improvisation essential to such pieces, wntten as they are Without barlines or any indication of rhythm. Some of the other F~e:'lch dance movements were more successful, and Robert Vincent produced some dnvmg rhythms and dexterous orna- mentation in the pieces by Rameau. . . . . After the interval, he ranged further afield ..B~gm!lmg ~th a.Sonata, by Vmce~t Persichetti (born 1915), be reminded us that mus!C: IS st!ll b~mg written for the harpsi­ S. WAITS-DAVIES chord, and also produced some rhythmical, spmted playmg and well-chosen tonal 32 33 Chn Field. A rather slow pace songs which opened the programme got the concert off to a hugely enjoyable start. hindered the flow of the music, but he achieved a stili and appropriately nocturnal One was immediately impressed by the superb diction of every member of the group atmosphere. The theme of night was continue~ in Sul_livan's Twilight, played by which always allowed every word to be clearly heard no matter how pianissimo the An~rew Yeo and Anthony Warren on flutes, w1th Chnstopher Rew at the piano. singing or congested the part-writing. Their use of lips, tongue and teeth in projecting This was notable for good balance an_d_ a real care for intonation. Later in the pro­ words when singing, was an object lesson to all aspiring singers in the audience. The graiJ?ille And re~ Yeo gave a most sensitive performance of Faure's Sicilienne, in which unanimity of attack, phrasing and expression was something the listeners took for details of phrasmg and break control had been carefully studied. granted; but such unanimity can only come from long hours of practice giving com­ Brass w~s repres~nted only by ~erek Brooke's playing of a Suite by James Butt. plete control over the vocal and expressive resources. A work of httle musical substance, It demands a bravura performance to make its The Renaissance songs already referred to followed the opening group. Musically effect. J?erek Brooke is a horn player of some potential, but he has not yet acquired these mainly 16th century songs stood head and shoulders above everything else in the the stamma and technique to give wholly convincing solo performances. programme, and included two undisputed masterpieces, Jannequin's "La Guerre," The Clarinet Quartet has featured in many recent School concerts. Jeffrey with its astonishing word-painting, and de Wert's deeply moving madrigal "Vaile, Hackeson and Nigel Scaife are its newest members, and the Quartet gave a well­ che de lamenti miei." These, together with the English madrigals, were given per­ balanced performance of an "Interlude,"by George Keith. The concert ended with formances of considerable variety of tone and colour, marred only by some uncertain two piano solos. The Finale of Beethoven's Pathetique was an unwise choice and ner­ chording and by some cracked notes. (Nigel Perrin, one of the counter-tenors, had yousness prevented Jeremy Stewart from giving the sort of performance of which he only recently recovered from an attack of laryngitis so could be excused some imper­ IS capable. However, he lost his inhibitions in Biily Mayer's Marigold and brought the fections). -concert to a happy end with a delightfuily relaxed performance. The Poulenc songs, Quatre Petites Prieres de Saint Fran9ois d' Assise, were per­ T.D.H. haps the most successful and memorable in the programme. Poulenc's bitter-sweet harmonies, coupled with his fine melodic gifts, were irresistible, as was the quiet The King's Singers beauty of the performance. . Thur~day evening o~ April the 26th, 1978. Close on six hundred people fill the The first part of the concert concluded with a work commissioned just last B1~hop W1lson ~~11, settmg ~ record_of some sort. A goodly number have paid three year for the King's Singers by the Haile Concerts Society. This was "Lalela Zulu," qUid for the prlVIlege and s1t clutchmg 25p. semi-glossy programmes or using them with words by Lewis Nkosi and music by Stanley Glasser. The six songs celebrate as_fans as the temperature soars into the 90s Fahrenheit or thereabouts. Seven or eight aspects of life in Johannesburg by the Zulus, who live and work there. Having sung mmutes after the scheduled starting time the doors are closed and everyone has been in impeccable English, French and Italian, the group now displayed their astonishing found a seat, or most of one. The hum of expectancy crescendoes and then gives way virtuosity in the Zulu tongue, complete with chants, shouts, claps and wails. This to ~oud applause as six me!?- in their early thirties, attired in blue frilly shirts and suits was a remarkable tour de force, much appreciated by the audience. or 1mpecca~le cut, take th~1r places on the platform behind music stands. The King's The second half of the programme was sheer fun with nothing of any musical Smgers are m town-:-at Ki_ng s, appropriately-and a large contingent of music-lovers substance. Two fine English folksongs were overloaded with modish Tin Pan Alley ~rom Taunton and 1ts env1rons, as well as threequarters of the population of King's harmonies and sank without trace. The one genuine Itself, has fiiied the hall to hear barbershop quartet, "When them. pa was courtin' ma," was put across with great good-humour, as were the various 34 35 ',.. ~ , .. , \ 1 '11f'l .l , ...- .. ! ~ ,.;,..,.... - ----~~~-- .. - --- '

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nove.lty and :popular songs which concluded the programme. The audience, clearly­ despite the d1scomfort and the heat-could have sat and listened to these prodigiously talented singers all night. But one encore had to suffice and there could have been few present, if any, to complain that they hadn't had more than their money's worth. SOCIETIES B.J.S. Israel in Egypt THE PHOENIX SOCIETY To the local concert-goer, King's Chapel on a summer Sunday afternoon has a During the Lent Term the Phoenix Society heard two papers, each given by mem­ very special sense of expectation, because the annual choral concert has become very bers of the society. Also, the membership of the society was increased to a record much part of the local musical calendar and has produced many memorable per­ number: twenty-four. formances. This summer will add to the store of delight and therefore give further lustre The first paper, given by George Yeo, was entitled "the Art and Science of Bell­ to future expectations. ringing." Not only did it include a series of anecdotes concerning bell-ringing over A d~sappointin~ly small a.udience gathered to hear the combined forces of King's, many years, but, in addition, the society was treated to a demonstration of peal Blundell s, St. Audnes and B1shop Fox's perform Handel's "Israel in Egypt." One ringing in which eight members of the society emitted distinctive noises and rotated of his less well-known <;>ratorios (my copy hadn't seen the light of day for so many around the room in the manner of bells. years, I feared lest my ne1ghbour would smell the mould), "Israel in Egypt" is written The second paper, given by Timothy Close, was about "the theory of Ley lines." on a large scale. Mo~t of the work is for double chorus, and six soloists are required. Ley lines are those ancient trackways that in recent Strangely there 1s years have increasingly aroused no overture, so Mr. Harrison decided to give us an Hors the curiosity of scientific investigators. The paper dwelt fully on both the traditional D'oeuvre with two movements ofHandel's Organ Concerto No. 17 in F, with Clifton theory and newer aspects of ley lines, and was illustrated with various diagrams. Graham as the soloi~t. Immediately we were arrested by the fine playing of the orchestra under Colin Dowdeswell and so started the oratorio proper with the During the term a new method of electing members was adopted. Instead of assurance that all would be well. new members being elected by a committee vote, the entire society, in a secret ballot, . We were not disappointed. Throughout the evening the choirs sang well, produc­ elects new members. It is hoped that this will give rise to a more satisfactory system mg a fine bright sound and clear diction, which rang round the Chapel. The double in which those qualities that members of the society are supposed to have will be choruses were remarkably well matched so that, with eyes shut, it was difficult to be more clearly identified. The Phoenix Society is intended as the School's premier sur~ .which choir was singing. If one wanted to criticise to a high level, it would be society, and it should provide a recognition for the cultural, academic, and intellectual leg1t1mate to complain that too many choristers persisted in showing the tops of their contributions made by individuals within the School. It should also provide leader­ heads to the audience, causing loss of sound, and on one occasion severe dragging ship in these areas of the school's life and therefore it has an important role to play. from Choir I basses. Also there seemed insufficient attention to some of the magni­ Although, of course, the Phoenix Society is neither perfect nor above any criticism ficent Handelian climaxes which lose their point if what went before is the same levelled at it, I am sure that it goes some way towards meeting that role. volume. These small points, however, did little to detract from a secure, accurate and N. D. BYE (Chairman) at times, very exciting performance. ' Linda Marshall and Julie Lancaster were in fine form, providing us with the climax of the evening in a supremely executed duet, "The Lord is my Strength." It was quite clear that these two enjoyed their work and were also happy with each other. Stephen Yeo gave a very mature, musical performance in a very demanding counter-tenor role. Never oversinging, he lasted the evening very well, ending with a IDSTORY SOCIETY fine flourish of renaissance embroidery. His voice may as yet be a bit thin for some tastes, but I am sure he has a fine future before him. The Easter Term was very successful for the History Society, with three papers J ames Meek was highly polished, possessing a voice not varying from its solid being given, and lively discussions following them. Simon Dell gave a very academic core throughout a widely ranging role. He was well supported by Andrew Potts paper on Swedish history about the time of Gustavus Adolphus. Rick Starratt spoke (between blowing his trombone). from notes about the causes of the American Civil War. On both these subjects, the Alan Purse coped with his tenor role but was unfortunately sadly outgunned by members knew very little beforehand, yet the speakers still managed to stimulate his colleagues. some interesting questions. However, the most productive discussion the History The orchestra, as already stated, was truly excellent. They were precise, alive Society has seen for years came after a paper by Nick Horton on the Crusades, in and ever in time. In fact, one would have considered them to be a professional cham­ which we tried to produce a successful formula for imperialism to happen, con­ ber orchestra rather than an ad hoc ensemble for the occasion. solidation of empire and reasons for ultimate decay; in fact the discussion centred on Much praise must be given to Miss Knight and Messrs. Tullett, Matthews and the nineteenth century and sixteenth century Spain as much as on Crusading Europe. Harrison. These ventures are a monument to their inspiration and an example to all of what good inter school relationships can achieve. This term began with a "debate" as to which country was responsible for causing J. H. COLE the First World War. All five defendants were appropriately dressed to represent 36 37 their countries, and though the historical contents of some of the speeches was some­ what dubious, and the Austrian's argument very suspect, a lively "quick-fire" debate resulted, and a highly enjoyable evening was had by all. The result? Germany, heavily encouraged by Britain, caused the Great War. CREATIVE J. SHEPHERD PURPOSE The eternal question lies heavily on my lips­ but it does not pass- that "Why" still pervades my life, my thoughts and my love. It proves a source of entertainment to the philosopher, the artist, HYDRA SOCIETY and the writer. Indeed whole works rest upon it­ TITUS ANDRONICUS But I am not amused. An innocent girl is raped, her hands are cut off leaving bloody stumps, her Beckett failed. Plato misunderstood. tongue is ripped out, and her brothers are executed (wrongly) for doing this. Imagine Maybe Freud knew-but even lust has no purpose. a queen who eats her villainous sons in a pie, and a stage littered with corpses, blood Yet my philosophy is far more profound. and "an irreligious Moor, chief architect and plotter of these woes," about to be It is not there. buried up to his breasts and left to starve. Very little was left to the imagination in No "Why" exists to distort my view Adrian Noble's production of Shakespeare's revenge-tragedy, "Titus Andronicus," I have shaken purpose off-like Christian, I am free. at Bristol's New Vie last spring. So I pass my life- unfettered by dry convention or modern opposition. Special effects perhaps dominated the play, with violent realism when Titus cuts I think for myself off his hand to find that he has been misled, and that his gesture is futile. Aaron, the and Purpose is omitted- Moor, is the villain, whom Shakespeare seems to accuse of originating the Consigned forever to your domain­ "murthers, rapes and massacres, your fallacy. Acts of black night, abominable deeds, DEBBIE CLAYTON-PAYNE Complots of mischief, treason, villainies Ruthful to hear yet piteously perform'd." COINCIDENCE His intensely black skin contrasted with the whites and reds and gold of the The rhythmic flutter of the wing, imperial throne, to create the splendour, and the huge scale of the revenge which took the bird nearer the castle walls, Shakespeare intended and Noble achieved. it flew high over the grey ramparts, The star was undoubtedly Gabrielle Drake, who interpreted the role of Lavinia circled, then swooped down brilliantly. She did not "overact," though the temptation to do so-when she spends to a nearby tree. half the play shuffling around, unable to speak or touch since she is without hands and can only groan-is always there, particularly in Vii when she has to hold a bowl Some time elapsed before there was under Alarbus' and Demetrius' necks to "receive" the blood gushing out. She still movement. A man climbed up high manages to maintain the pitiful innocence of her role which Shakespeare intended, to a small turret and sat there, and provided an absolute contrast to Peter Postlethwaite's excellent performance as head in his hands, Aaron the Moor. While the bird looked on. Little could be faulted in the play's production, although evidently no one would His thoughts were deep, personal. dare write such a gory work today. The main actors gave immaculate performances, They encompassed his whole life, and the producer realised the play's farcical dimensions by allowing Titus (Andrew and when he could think no more, McCulloch) to take the words to extremes. By the second act the audience was he stood, and with a fleeting prayer, finding the blood hilarious-though Noble wisely allowed the play to have reached a jumped to the stone below. pitch of intense despair by the interval. The little bird watched as the body Iftbere is one criticism, it is the mixing of Roman and First World War costumes. hit But this was minor, given an the stone; it was so confusing. excellent interpretation of a play which is hard to With a mighty effort the bird flew, associate with twentieth-century theatre. It was a superb night out. and it climbed until the air grew thin and cold, J. SHEPHERD then headed east. J. TAVENER 38 39

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staring blankly towards a stony face to blush on its ornamental tray, carefully placed on the rust ?fthe sideboard to absorb one can for the first time realise the rubefaction of the faded sheen of teak, and the mezzotmts of the wallpap.er. the total vacancy that a detached Her limbs are long, sheening in the mantle of san~y alabaster, eupho~Ic s~ark and ruthless killer can have. marble. Those gesturing sunglasses spark and sparkle m the plumes of white lmen when the fuse has blown fire to galvanise the emancipated beaches. Bodies are starched. Corpses slowly melt, the rope has snapped from congealed reality to latex etherality. Pressureless ecstasy. The wav~s are etc. etc. one can spurning. They froth with molten excitement and laser-beam ~hampagne. Ripples look into two sprinkle the anxious feet of infants, who laugh naked, unconsciOus ~nd unreahsmg, completely to flourish the hollows in their naive cheeks and the ropes of fat entwmed around the blank centres. And glimpse those prospective Casa.novas; pou~in!!i chil~ed vin ordinaire eyes. and obtuse sweat and hackneyed jests upon their dull and cliched Juliets. 0 Her torso is taut, to sting the music of the air. From a packing-case, a velveteen but with buccanneer slashes at the light air with bravado cutlass, to a tune of Hollywood special medical care etc. etc. etc. schmaltz. The galley is rowed by teams of Nubian machines, whose ebony feelings J. TAVENER are resigned to mental paralysis. The rigging is alight, and plumes of feat~ered fire aim into a fantastic Arab night, to bicker with the glistening and swashbucklmg stars, and kiss a fondant moon. A toast to Ozymandias, king of kings. DISENWANTMENT She sways from left to right, vibrating her muscles in sensuous rhythm. "Gonna If you ask me where I'm going, be a rock'n'roll singer. Gonna be a respect'ble swinger." Gonna give my world a I'll say I have no clue. million golden handshakes and clocks o~ plastic ~ime.. ~et J?e publici.se my e~otic I'm part of a disenchanted youth, sexploits. Slash the streets wi~h my s<;>rdid story .m stnphg.htmg. Sell It exclusively and that's no use to you. to two tabloid newspapers, with flakmg newspnnt. It will be blotted by the TV hoardes. Guillotined like toothpaste between corsets and shampoo. Breakfast I don't want to make excuses parties at the Dorchester. Hotel, in a. silk peignoir. Clouds of cocktails. And the or cover with a lie, pipeclay photograph-philosophers will blanch her at 7.30 whe?- s~e leaves her house. I just don't know my uses, Still a myth. Still asleep. She's sold her name to a rather mdifferent after-shave I just can't reach the sky. company. . . . Her lips are the deep chestnut of an msouciant gyl?sy, woomg cares.ses from sle~p­ Prerogative-incentive and less knights, inspired by brash tinsel advertisements m female magazme~. Her l.IPS words within this niche, are preened with gloss stage-paint. They nuzzle he~ para~ours, the r~velhng, cravmg apply to those who are gifted, androids of her fantasy. They pour coca-cola, stamed With vodka, mto tal~ gl~sses. or those of us who're rich. And stand alone, with two glasses of Pimms, and green <;hartreuse. She m~ngues with a Borgea through the charcoal opacity of her Drambme. She laughs. With .the so when you get your B.A. exact mimicry of Rita Hayworth's sophistication. She pretends she could appreciate and join that long Dole queue, Wolfitt's Lear, Duchamp's urinal and "This is a piece of cheese." She assault~ p~nk you philosophy with a reptile earnestness and that opalescent heart of moc~ preJU~Ice. then will start to yearn for, And she returns to something worthwhile to do. an unmade single-bed, where she coaxes a damp pillow-fnend until she lies again. J. TAVENER "She would catch another Antony in her strong toil of grace." She would dance like Salome. She could cling to the head of John the Baptist. She will leap nake.d to KNIGHTS IN WIDTE SATIN the table surface and feverishly gyrate, smashing the platter of truth at Os~ar ~Ilde. She wears a gold engagement ring, a bleeding ruby heart to nestle c adult maturity, encountered a barrier of un­ praise for Roger from his proud parents. It was only at night that they heard the ~S·o~a~le comple~Jty, that of d!sJlluswnm~nt. Life had become a tormenting cage. bitter arguments as they drowned the equivocal music of the Japanese music-centre 1cu e on one side by .an aln;1.0st r~pressn: e pat~rnalism ("No, dear, you are not which permeated the dividing walls of the semi-detached house. ol~ enough to. smo~~ yet. Besides, It's a disgustmg habit") and alienated on the During term time the relationship between Roger's parents and the neighbours ot er by the JUVe;mhty of his younger schoolmates Johnny was trapped-alone deteriorated from the easy falsehood of normal times to an uneasy and mutual sus­ unable to _share h1s thoughts and frustrations. The era of smashing milk bottle~ picion. Roger's return often remedied the situation as the neighbours were genuinely had Ion~ smce passed; he had a full licence but access to no car ("I'm sorry Johnn fond of the boy. Nevertheless, this too caused trouble when Roger's parents an­ but we JUSt c_an'~ afford the extra insurance"), and even the excitement of smoking aJd nounced that he spent too much time with the neighbours, and stopped his visits. under age drmkmg had lost their youthful lustre as habit displaced novelty "New The situation changed constantly and upset the balance of life on the estate where the wave" was no loll:ger new~.a.n? "holidays in the sun" had passed. Everyday ~xistence protagonists lived. Gradually Roger's parents were ostracized by their social peers ~eplaced expectatiOn and hvmg for the moment" came to acquire a new significance and one winter Roger's father started an affair with a girl from the office typing pool. 10r Johnny. Roger, in the meantime, was becoming even stranger; he abandoned academic Adjacent to the new h?using estate where Johnny lived was the slum clearance work in favour of art, he abandoned sport in favour of meditation and withdrew area redl!ced _by th~ penultimate local council in all good intention. However due from all company. His masters were either surprised or embarrassed by his curious to financial_difficulties-there had been that corruption scandal concerning a Ie~ding behaviour while his contemporaries satisfied themselves by calling him a freak. local councillor and an e_minent London architect-no development had ever taken Roger remained unmoved by their opinions but isolation merely confirmed him in his pl~ce, and all that ~emamed were a few controversially preserved buildings and a ways; and his eccentricity flourished. The turning-point in Roger's life arrived pa1r of elm trees, wh1ch, although hol~ing out for a remarkable length of time had now two months after his father's affair ended: the school was astonished to hear that finally sucumbed to the Dutch elm d1sea~e. _Of these buildings, one was a chapel­ Roger had been taken to hospital following the discovery of a major illness. He never ~ot the ~ost ~enowned ~xample of_ecc!esiastJcal architecture, but of modest popular went back to school. He never went home again. His brothers forgot him and life mterest. smce 1~ ~ad acqUJred a considerable congregation under the auspices of a new in the suburb returned to mediocrity. The doctors kept Roger for observation; determmed m_m1ster . . This buildin~ serv~d as the centre of illicit proceedings for there was no previously reported case of a baby born with a wooden leg. The ap­ Joh_nny and his assocJates, who, unhke their elders, were unconcerned with the recent pearance of foliage had tipped the balance: it was a threat to society. Roger was a r~p1d growth of dry rot in the woodwork, and consequently the vestry bore the strange child. N. HORTON d1scarded re~nants of recent "glue-sniffing" sessions. Amongst these red cans as if complementmg them, lay empty spirit bottles from past Saturday nights ' 'PON A HEATH The empty bottle of "Johnni_e Walker's Black Label" slipped fro~ his hand All the way from the barn, Benjamin had been completely unaware of anything t~ the _floor. Johnny half_ closed his eyes, and almost subconsciously reached for the other than the small object he held clutched tightly in his dirty, moist hand. He felt fi.Jckenn_g ~and!~ before him. The others had left early; he was going to "shut up" as if it had all happened before, and in a way it had, not only to him but to everyone after fimshmg his bottle. Hypnotised by _the candle's flame, he became absorbed in his else, every hot summer; only this time he was sure that he would not be disappointed, perso~al t~oubl~s and wornes. ~ome mmutes later his eyes refocussed on the flames or at least he desperately hoped he wouldn't. He was now a good way from the farm, reflectiOn ~n a .piece of broken laticed glasswork, a window enclosed in the damp cold­ gradually coming down from the heathland so that the tract seemed to nestle deeper ness of _YI~tonan s~ndstone. His aw~r~ne~s broadened, and the building acquired into the ground and the hedgerows and trees became richer and greener. Somehow a new sigmficance_; It ~a~ ~o longer utihtanan but symbolised instead all that he re­ he felt saddened for, although he had only quite recently left the farm, he had still, sented, the repressive fngidity of the Establishment. Suddenly he hated that building upon the heath, managed to persuade himself that he was the only human being on this It had to be destroye_d, eradicated from existence. In an external arc the yellow flicke; vast, brown wilderness, and as the scenery became greener he knew he must soon arrive swung around until it caressed the rough body of a protruding rafter. at some point of civilisation. . Johnny felt no remorse at what had passed. Perhaps that was why he was feeling The thought of returning from his aloneness, the questioning eyes of others, and gUJ!ty? Perhaps it_ was ~he feeling that he had destroyed what some people had once the thought that he might soon have to reveal his secret became more and more loved_, a part oft?eir hentage. He had not intended to destroy the chapel as an entity dreadful, and he branched off to the right, through a sparse copse of young birch ~or his sole motive had bee_n personal retribution towards an unsympathetic Estab: trees, at the end of which he found himself back on the edge of the moor. Now he hshmeD:t. Th~re was nothmg personal about his action-it was merely a general was again able to relax, and his thoughts returned to their mixture of guilt, fear and expresswn agamst the frustrations of life. pride, blotting out the slow-moving countryside. Making a conscious effort to push T. A. CLOSE aside his subconscious, he tried to think clearly about the significance of what he had done. Why the guilt? But he was unable to make any progress, and his eyes lifted ROGER WAS ... (an allegorical tale) once more to the horizon, to see an old peasant coming towards him in the distance. ~oger was a str_ange child-he always had been, even before they sent him to It had started to rain. Anxious to avoid human contact, he struck off the path and boardmg school. His elder brot_he_rs had both been academically apt and unusually then continued to walk along parallel to it, about twenty or thirty yards out, the knee­ gifted at sport yet Roger was a d1stmctly poor games player and his mental functions length grass wetting his coarse brown trousers so that they clung uncomfortably 42 43

-- -- . ·,· _,: \:~~. round his shins. Eventually he passed the peasant, who called but something out to him; he stared straight ahead, and ignored the peasant's wandering eyes following round. And him then, as the old man paned again into the distance, he realised that now he really was alone. The rain, although far from heavy, was piercing and he to his wet shins, Sport began to feel the cold around his chest. A thought struck him. Why not head back to the barn? there, It would be warm and he remembered he had left some food. Suddenly it occurred to he need never him that have fled the place to start with-there would be nobody at the farm, Rugby and certainly no reason for anyone to enter the barn. No-one would him be looking for 1st XV anyway. Cheered by the thought of security and some comfort, he finding his set about Although directions, and then moved out to the right, across the rough ground. the results at first sight seem disappointing, the team performance The rain was falling throughout the season harder now, but he didn't mind. Occasionally he felt waves of was first class and despite a string of narrow defeats, they desperation flood through him, and let go bursts of vehement screaming, maintained their enthusiasm until the end. of ~he. final game. short-lived, but they were feated the On~y Sherborne ~e­ and most of the time he wandered on, looking out for the farm XV by more than 6 points, whtch mdtcates the determmed nature tightly squeezing and which they defended w.tth his treasure. The rain clouds parted and the sun shone, drying out . However, a strong ~efence n;tust be matched by a p~netratmg his damp woollen clothing and warming his young skin. attack if real success is to be achieved and 1t was thts aspect of the From time to time he XV play whtch let the stooped to pluck a strand of rich grass, which he chewed or he stared down. Although individuals, such as McGahey, Bowen and over ahead of him made penetrating Gr~enfield, of!en the moor. Eventually he came across a familiar track and followed attacks, ~he forwards could not supply enough quabty possesswn left until the this to the old building of the farm came into view. Over to the left, separate from for them to score more pomts. . the others and slightly lower on the gentle slope, stood the barn. McGahey proved to be an outstanding captain, no~ JUst on the track Now he left the contributed fi~ld, _where he and moved round to the left so that the barn shielded his approach 76 points (8 tries, 10 penalties and 7 converswl!s), but ~lso m bts general farm. Without from the approach to training any of the trepidation he had expected, he approached the back of and team ~elec~ion. ?is. presence. wtll be nussed next season, the barn and entered through the small rickety door near the left-band but we wish him every success wtth his studtes m Cambndge. it was wall. Inside warm and musty, and the smell of hay was as rich as if the barn bad never J.J.H. out of use. He gone walked around the old stalls, pushing open the old wooden gates and Results occasionally pushing over a rotting trough with his foot. A mouse Played 14 Won6 Lost 8 Points for 158 Points against 131 earthen scurried across the floor in front of him, and he sent a stump of wood spinning V. Pelicans Won 28-13 widely. after it, but missed For a while he watched closely the corner into which it had disappeared, v. O.A.'s Lost 3-13 hoping for another shot, but nothing moved. V. Wellington Won 19- 4 Remembering his neglected V. Allhallows Won 22-13 meal, and feeling hungry at the thought, he climbed V. Canford Lost 0-4 into the old bay up loft and found his tattered bag lying amongst what little bay remained V. Marlborough Lost 9-13 in one V. corner. He quickly ate half the food, and was about to eat the rest, Sherborne Lost 3-27 when he V. King's, Bruton Won 24- 3 thought that perhaps he might be here for a while and had better later. save something for v. Queen's Won 15- 3 V. Blundells Won 26-12 As the day drew to a close he busied himself with preparing a bed up in the V. Bryanston Lost 3- 7 loft, and V. Christs, 0-4 collected some wood in case he wanted a fire the next morning. Then, Brecon Lost once V. Downside Lost 0-3 the sun had gone down, he got ready for bed and settled down amongst with the straw V. Monmouth Lost 6-12 his bag for a pillow, underneath which he held his tightly-clenched fist. He awoke the next morning Teamdhurchouse, to bear somebody moving around in the barn below Greenfield, Bowen, McGahey (capt.), Mancais, Brand, J?rdan, Pillar, him. Slowly Sartain, Doe, Tal bot, be crawled to the edge of the loft and looked over. It was the Goddin, Mather, Watson, Willmott, Lothian, Ford, Coles, Sartam. be had passed old peasant on the previous day, with his mother. Her young face was creased with worry as she listened to the peasant saying something about having seen him head off 2nd XV over the moor away from the track, and that this must be the only place come to. he could have This was a very frustrating season for Benjamin moved backwards, and the move alerted his mother. "Benja­ the 2nd XV. An incredible amou.nt of min, is that you?" she called. He injury, and the changing demands of the 1st XV, made it .difficult to moved again, and his mother called more urgently: approach follow a consistent "Benjamin, come down, it's not safe." Seeing to selection and coaching. However, on thetr day, the tea.m was capable a possible escape-route in the door at of playing attractive the end of the loft, he got up and ran towards it. His and effective rugby. On one of the rare occaswns tha~ a full mother cried out: "Benjamin, side was fielded, the team no!" and then, as the old boards gave way underneath him: "Benjamin produced the best 2nd xy performall:ce ~ have seen m four Benjamin !" Crying out, seasons when they defeated Blundell's fell though the floor of the loft, and landed with a dull thud on 33-0, sconng seven tnes m. the process. In earth below. the cold contrast against Canford they suffered the And as his mother and the peasant came up to him, he lay still while heaviest 2nd XV ~efeat m three seasons. the thick white fluid oozed from his right Wherea~ last year's team had the abili!Y to defen~ well, thts year's hand, mingled with flakes of light blue shell ability to score te~m ha~ t~e and drops of a thin, yellow yolk. good tries, a few of which were qwte memorable. AgatD;st King .s. Bruton, Doe added the finish to a movement J. C. WHEATLEY that started on our own hoe, Cratg 44 45 Busby's, t~y ~g~inst . Blundell'~ again finished off an excellent team effort, and John 3rd XV Burgess s mdiVlduahst try agamst Monmouth enlivened an otherwise dour game. The 3rd XV was a relatively inexperienced side and contained ~ew players who The pack played e,xtremely well throughout the season, and were never mastered; had played for the Colts XV in the pr~viousyear: . Consequently, agamst the stronger although they couldn t get the better of either Sherborne or Marlborough. The sides there was a lack of confidence m theu ab1lity to wm. back .row, of Start, Doe and Busby, was an excellent unit. Start was extremely in few games were the XV totally overwhe~med .. Sidcot proved to ~e too good abras1ve at close quarters, Busby was happiest when at the bottom of rucks and in the centre but our forwards held their own wtth them and 1t was on~y m a fifteen­ mauls and Do~'s energy added a useful link between the back and forwards. In the minute spell in the second half that we looked inferior to them. D~wns1de, as always, second row, G1ddens an~ Rum ball I?rovide~ plent~ of strength in the tight, and a good had a hard running side, so that we did well to keep them.to 35 pomts when we were supply of ball from the hneout. G1ddens, m particular, developed into an extremely 23 points down at half-time. The lesson learnt at Downs1de was a valuable one and sound, hard forw~rd ?Y the end o~ the season .. Davies propped well throughout the was put to good use when we played our last game against Monmouth. The forwards s~ason , but was m h1s element wtth the ball m his hands, or catching it from the showed more fire and determination than they had done all season and the thr~e­ kick-off. Speke worked hard, and was never outhooked. Of the reserve forwards quarters managed to link together well. The win was well deserved, but left one With Barber and Gilb~rt always gave of their best, the former being useful in the line-out the feeling that the season could have been so much better had the whole team played and the latter bemg an extremely determined tackler and utility player. like this from the beginning...... !he backs improved tremendo~sly as the season progressed, and it is a pity that Matthews captained the side ably and produced some magmficent touch-kicking, mJunes prevented them from playmg together on all but a couple of occasions. both in attack and in defence. Guy Webber was a courageous scrum-half, and when given reasonable ball threw M.J.G. out a lov~ly pass. John Burgess thrived at fly-half after spending a few uncomfortable Results: gam~s w1th the I st XV at scrum half. His handling was first class and his elusive Played 10 Won 4 Lost 6 Points for 164 Points against 159 rl!nnmg led to Il?any fine breaks. Dick Learmont, at inside centre, ran well, and pro­ V. Allhallows (A) Won 38- 8 Dominic Brand v. Taunton School (H) Lost 7-16 VIded a good link to Brand and Alderman. At outside centre 7-32 Cox and V. Sidcot School (A) Lost tackled extremely hard and timed his passing very effectively. The'wingers, v. Sherborne (H) Lost 3-14 Jordan, both ran hard and ~cored quit.e. a ?umber of tries. Finally, at full back v. Cannington F.I. (H) Lost 6-18 Jerry Alderman showed considerable ab1hty m all aspects of play and his entry into V. Wellington (H) Won 28- 3 Of the others who played, was unlucky V. Blundell's (A) Lost 8-17 the line was uncannily timed. Gree~slade 57-12 not to hold a regular place. Jones and Wilson looked good in attack but extremely V. Avonhurst {H) Won suspect in defence. ' V. Downside (A) Lost 0- 35 V. Monmouth (H) Won 10-- 4 ~o end, I should lik.e to than~ the whole squad for being loyal, happy and hard­ J S k w· tl working; and for treatmg me wtth the amount of respect I deserve! Also many Team:Matthews, Fairhurst, Starratt, Wilson, Dav1es,. Cathcart-Jones, Mann, ones, Y es, m e thank~ to Paul Ru~ball,. who was a popular and cheerful captain; to the various Fielder, Howard, Robertson, Gilbert, Scroggs, Waiters, Charles. touch Judges, espec1ally Rich~rd Gore; and to the faithful band of supporters. Last, but by no means least, I am mdebted to my colleague, Mr. David Exham who re- 4tb XV fereed all our home games to the satisfaction of botb sides! ' As often happens with this XV, injuries i!J other teams meant that players were A.P.McK. promoted leaving a side which had not prevwusly played together. Results: The t~am was therefore unsettled and inexperienced, but towards the end of th.e Played 13 Won 7 Lost 5 Drew 1 Points for 236 Points against 110 season was playing well enough to ensure s~ccess. The forwards usu.ally won the1r v. Old Boys {H) Won 6-4 share of the ball, but bad handling and tackhng were often to let the side down. V. Wellington (A) Won 16- 6 V. Allhallows (H) Won 72- 0 S.B.G. V. Huish's 1st XV (A) Drew 9- 9 V. Can ford (A) Lost 0--31 v. Marlborough {H) Lost 15-22 SENIOR COLTS v. Sherborne (H) Lost 0-13 A knee complaint prevented Jenner from attending even a practice, a broken V. Brut on (A) Won 44- 0 V. Queen's (A) Won 12- 3 collar-bone ruled out Sailes before the first match and a haematoma J?Ut out Hunter V. Blundells (H) Won 33- 0 after only a few games. Since all three w.ere b~cks th,ere w~s a resultmg shortage of V. Mill field (H) Won 22- 6 pace and confidence behind the scrum m this ye~r s Semor Co.lts. Nevertheless V. Downside (A) Lost 3- 4 were scored and several players Improved .considerably f~om the V. Monmouth (A) Lost some good tries 4-12 opportunity of playing regularly in a School team that they ffilght not otherwise have Team: · had. . . . · k J. N. Alderman; C. G. Cox, D. C. D. Brand, R. Learmont, N. D. Jordan; J. Burgess G. Webber captained the side from fly half and hi~ compehtn:e nature, qmc ness G . H. Davies, J. Speke, J. H. Giddens, S. Barber, P. Rumball, J. Doe, G. Start, G. Bu~by. ' Wadland Also played frequently : J. 0. Goddin, R. Mather (mainly 1st XV); M. Greenslade, N. Jones, off the mark and good reading of the game were vital factors m the development J. Gilbert, P. Wilson. and progress of the side as a whole. He was well served by Gane, at scrum half, and 46 47 ;'~lbsupported by Nicholas in the centre. Murrell was a steady and dependable Results: u ack and Mount, Townley and Giddens completed the threequarters Meadows v. Plymouth College (A) Lost 6-16 also played several games and, like everyone else, could always be relied ~n to do his v. Allhallows (A) Won 54- 0 best. v. Canford (H) Won 19- 0 v. Taunton School (H) Won 39- 0 v. Millfield (A) Lost 4-46 Al~hough _ not a big pack, th~ forwards w_ere seldom dominated, and it was en­ v. Wellington (A) Lost 4-22 couragmg at times to see that therr scrummagmg technique was good enough to roll v. Sherborne (A) Lost 7-27 back much larger opposition. The line out play was sound but a lack of height v. King's, Bruton (H) Won 10- 0 meant ~nly a modest supply of ball at times, and the maul was probably the most v. Queen's (A} Won 16-- 0 rocklike pair of props v. Blundell's (H) Won 39- 4 productive source of good ball. Hallett and Bowles were a v. Pilgrim School, Bedford (H) Won 18-10 an~ Peel learnt a lot about hooking_as the season progressed. Hickson and Hawkins, v. Downside (H) Lost 9-21 un~Il _ a broken toe gave Holmes his chance, were a hard-working second row and v. Monrnouth (A) Lost 10-12 Philhp_s, Fender and Hap made up a back r~w that covered a lot of ground and le~rned "B" XV: to do It far more effectively and constructively as the season progressed. v. Taunton School "B" (A) Won 10- 4 v. Sidcot (A) Lost 0- 30 A.K.V. v. Sherborne "B" (H) Lost 3-37 Results Team: V. Plymouth College 3rd XV (A) 7-24 v. Young, Vickery, Morecombe, W., Simmonds, Blanchard, Jarrett, Reeves (capt.), Eyre, Rew, Wellington (H) 14- 9 Yates, Richards, King, Stoddart, Moon, Gresham. V. Allhallows (H) 7-15 V. Canford ~) 12-28 UNDER 14's V. Taunton A) 8- 3 V. Marlborough (H) 14- 6 The play of individual members in this side was well up to standard, but the team V. Sherborne (A) 11-14 rarely composed itself into a fully co-ordinated force. It lacked the punch and hard­ V. King's, Bruton (A) 30- 0 ness necessary to carry through a promising attack, or to develop a really cohesive V. Blundell's (A) 6--7 defence. It could be, and probably will be, a very strong side when it adds a little more V. Bryanston (H) 17-12 V. Christ's, Brecon (H) 0-0 beef and fire to its play. The team learnt a great deal during the season and often V. Downside (A) 0-8 showed both skill and imagination in attack when given the room, but they have been v. Millfield (H) 3-24 quickly disorganised by a strong determined defence. . . . V. Taunton R.F .C. Colts (A) 32- 0 V. Huish's G.S. (H) There were some very good matches and notable mdlVIdual performances; 21-16 Everest and Rainbow scored many of the points. Rainbow has a quite extraordinary Team: change in pace, while Everest displays a natural talent and delightfully balanced run­ Wadland, Hunter, Gane, Nicholas, Murrell, Mount, Townley Giddens Meadows Hallett his tactical and place kicking were outstand­ Bowles, Peel, H1ckson, Hawkins, Holmes, Phillips, Fender, Hall. ' ' ' ' ning. Indeed, Everest's running and both ing features of the team. It was a great pity that so many movements broke down or slowed up before these two could be fully employed. JUNIOR COLTS The forwards worked hard and always looked a very well organised pack. Their . This was very much a se~son of ups and downs. It opened promisingly enough tight scrummaging maintained a high sta~dard, _but too many·heads we~e visible With a har_d-fought ~ame agaiDst a strong Plymouth College team, with the result in in the rucks and mauls. Wood, the captam at wmg forward, led them qmetly and doubt un_hl th_e closmg ~tages. There followed three good wins, with a particularly effectively, and played a consistently good game. His tackling was an example to a encouragmg display agamst Canford. However, the next three games saw successive side somewhat deficient in this department. The back row of Lawton, Stock and heavy defeats and although t~e opp~sition was formidable, some indifferent play Wood became a very powerful unit, combining well in both attack and defence. proved e~tremel_y costly. :ro I~s credit, the team responded with another winning Stock scored some excellent back row tries. Gillespie made some storming runs spell, dur~ng which good Vtctones over Blundell:s and the Pilgrim School, Bedford, from the second row and usually managed a diving tackle in each match. Otty, were achiev~d. Though unable to. hold Downside the XV proved a fair match for converted from fly half, begins to look a good hooker, supplying plenty of good ball Monm.o_uth ID the final ~atch .. A si~gl~ conversion proved the margin of defeat after from the tight and proving a lively player in the loose. an excitiDg second half ID which King s came close to snatching victory. Mter very good wins at Allhallows and Taunton the side became a little over confident and careless, leading to a heavy defeat by a very well organised Millfield Mention must be made of the pack's scrummaging, which was always first rate. side and a tough match at Wellington. Then followed a series of well deserved wins Unfort1;1nately, other aspects _of play were not always as good and, on occasions, before the three final matches with Downside, Christ's, Brecon, and Monmouth. aggress_I0-';1 s~emed to ~e lacking. At threequarter one recalls opportunism rather These were all well fought but a lack of confidence crept in and the defence became than disctplined, cohestve play, though movement of Simmonds to centre added . However, the side continued to play open rugby and I have no doubt at full back. uncertain more pace in attack, with Young acquitting himself well that it will be eager to do better next year. G.B.H. The "B" XV, though finding its matches hard going, benefited from the experience The Under 14's won the Taunton and District Knock-Out Competition for the and certainly improved significantly as the season progressed. fourth consecutive year when they beat Huish's School 23-7 in the final. The lack of J.A.L., B.L. practice, resulting from the other commitments of the Lent Term, was reflected in the 48 49 standard of play. Nevertheless, the team showed considerable promise for the future The Quantock relay was a superb climax to the season. Five teams offour took althoug~ one would like to see a more positive approach to tackling from certai~ the field with very successful results, particularly with the very promising U .15 team players 1f they are ever to realise their potential. coming fifth in the overall order. The weather was even more appalling than usual, M.J.J. a howling gale and horizontal rain proved a fitting, and typical, end to a season in Team: which the weather played a more than usually important part. . Ro_bins, . Rainbow, Everest, Malloch, Wood, Halford, Wadland, Heger Amos Jeans Otty T Mike Sartain, James Hall and Michael Reeves were the backbone of the senior att, Gtllespte, Watson, Lawton, Wood, A., Stock. ' ' ' ' side, with strong support being supplied by Jeremy Gilbert, Tim Minson, Bob Meeson, Mike Townley, Simon Glover and Tim Perree. RUGBY 7's The U.l7 side, apart from providing regular members of the 1st team, showed were entered, and the standard of play failed to much promise and encouraging performances came from Angus Moon, Jonathan This te.rm only two competitions Bryan and David Highley amongst reach th~ h1gh level of last year. The lack of real speed and, to some extent the lack Musitano, James Gresham, Peter Yates, Julian of practice were largely to blame. ' others. The U.l5s included Bob Townley, Charles Hall, Lars Heger and James Wood In the. Taunton Club Sevens victories were recorded against Taunton School among their most regular members. and Gr_e~vllle College before Queen Elizabeth's, Bristol, finally put us out of the Finally, Mike Sartain, James Hall, Mike Reeves and Charles Hall represented competitw~. The Under 16's ~ere unfortunate to lose a place in the semi-final on a Somerset at the South West Schools and the English National Schools Championships. smaller pomts aggregate followmg .a drawn match against Bryanston School. More thanks than usual are due to the captain, Mike Sartain, and to Mr. Baker At Rosslyn Park a further varmble performance resulted in the Sevens winning and Mr. Lee for maintaining Club morale in a more than usually frustrating season. two and losing two in the opening group. J. W. HALL M.J.J. Results: v. Junior Leaders (H) Won v. Lancry Lost 4-6 v. Kelly College and Exeter School (H) Won v. Culford Won 13- 6 v. Taunton School and Heles', Exeter (at Taunton) Won v. Barnard Castle Won 10- 8 v. King's Cup (H) 2nd v. Plymouth College Lost 3-18 v. Sherborne, Canford, Taunton, etc. (at Sherborne) 3rd Team: v. B.R.N .C., Dartmouth (H) Won Won T. N ._Y. Doe (Capt.), _R. H. G. Bowen, S. D. Pillar, J. W. R. Burgess, W. G. Watson M. A. v. Quantock Relay Sartam, I. M. C. Lothtan. ' It is unfortunate that Cross Country seems to be losing some of its popularity Reserves, M. J. Churchouse, G. S. Giddens. these days, and we hope that next year many of the boys who demonstrated their competence at House level may be persuaded to take up full-time Cross Country and run for the SchooL-Ed. Cross Country Report T~e season this year started in a somewhat worrying manner with fewer than usual Hockey potential athletes, but we were fortunate again to have found a number of keen junior 1st XI boys, as well as the usual crowd of"old faithfuls." Th~ fi~st ~w_o week~ were mostly devoted to training for the House Steeplechases: With only four of last year's team returning the emphasis was placed on drawing the Jun~~r mdJVJdual w_m~er was Reeves (Bishop Fox), while Tuckwell won the House young players into the side to build for the future, and with only three of last year's competition very convmcmgly. !he Senior race became a duel between the captain Senior Colts making the side, places were filled very well by five Junior Colts. and the secretary of the Club, w1th Hall (Tuckwell) the eventual winner; the House The season began with a draw against Allhallows, followed by two good wins trophy went to Tuckwell. against Bristol Grammar (2-0) and Millfield (3-1). By the middle of the term the The first School match provided a win against the Junior Leaders, which it was team was playing some very good hockey, but this was disrupted first by the 'flu, h<;>ped would be an omen for the rest of the season, and was followed by a very narrow which caused the cancellation of three matches, and then by the heavy snow, which wm at Taunton School over Taunton and Heles School, Exeter. However, first 'flu meant two more cancellations. The season ended with a series of draws, which were and the~ the sno.w ~aused se~backs to both the traini~g and match programmes, and disappointing from the point of view that we should have won all three of these ~esulted m the ~ng s Cup bemg held as a road run; th1s was enlivened by a number of games, but was highlighted by a very good performance against a very strong Taunton Ice flows found m a ~ood near Stoke. St. Mary. Taunton were convincing winners of School side to close the season. the cup; matches agamst Taunton dunng the term proved an interesting running battle. Of the younger members P. Jackson, S. Sailes and A. Wadland deserve special The 1st VIII later beat a weakened Taunton side in a large match at Sherborne (which mention and similarly M. J. Churchouse and B. N. Greenfield played consistently well was won by Canford) and a four-man team beat them in the Quantock Relay. throughout the season. The quality of hockey played during the season shows great The 1st VIII defeated B.R.N.C. at home, over a very wet senior course the second promise for the future, but each individual must develop his own skills to a high degree half of the sunken lane still being full of snow some three weeks after th~ rest of the in order for the team to do really well. course was clear. G. H. DAVIES 50 51 Results: v. Allhallows drew 0-D v. Bristol Grammar Won 2--{) v. Taunton Cherubs Drew I-I v. Millfield Won 3-I v. Queen's, Taunton Lost 0-I v. Downside Drew I-I v. Devon Dumplings Drew I-I v. O.A.'s Lost 3-4 v. Taunton School Drew 0-D Cancelled: Sherborne, Canford, Hockey Association, King's, Brut on, Exeter School. Team: G. H. Davies (capt.), B. N. Greenfield, M. J. Churchouse, N. D. Jordan, S. D. Pillar, A. Wad­ land, S. Sailes, D. Fielder, P. Jackson, S. Hunter, M. Nicholas, A. Hickson, D. Brand. Also played: J. N. Lothian.

2nd XI The season began with an unsettled game against Allhallows, in which the team, despite losing 4-2, did manage to gain two goals itself. This unsettled play continued to burden the team for the next two matches. Mter having not played any hockey for nearly a month due to 'flu and snow, we continued the season with a game against Downside, where, although losing, we managed to produce a very good attack through the efforts of Learmont, Brewer and Busby. In the last game of the season, against Taunton, we produced our best form of the season during the first half, only trailing 1-0. However, in the second half the team lost its concentration and we eventually lost 6-0. Mention must be made of Alderman, who played some worthy hockey during the season, Lothian, who played very competently at full back, and Giddens, in goal, who often managed some fine saves. T. s. HOWARD Results: I Played 6 Won I Lost 5 Cancelled 3 • Team: Giddens, Howard (capt.), Lothian, Doe, T., Alderman, Burgess, Busby, Brewer, Learmont, Bliss, De Wilton, Cathcali-Jones, Hickson, Phillips, G.

3rd XI The season was not particularly successful, which was partly due to the fact that we were unable to have sufficient practices due to the weather and partly because we were unable to field the same team twice for any of our matches. However, despite this I feel that everyone quite enjoyed his hockey this season and various characters emerged. Veevers-Carter's skill improved with every match and he was a constant source of enthusiasm and energy. The stolid defence from de Wilton and Brunnen was greatly appreciated and everyone was thankful for the courage of Doe in goal. Finally, I would like to thank Mr. Kerslake, our umpire and coach, for his en­ thusiasm shown throughout the term and his willingness to help in any way. R. M. CAWSE Results: Played 4 Won I Lost 3 Team: Cawse (capt.), Doe, Lund, Mamujee, De Wilton, Veevers-Carter, Marshall, Brunnen, Phillips, Payne, Turner, Rendell, Nisbet, Cathcart-Jones, Bellers, Ford. 52 SENIOR COLTS On the whole the Senior Colts had as good a season as the rather unfortunate circumstances would permit. Neil Gane and Graham Giddens both showed rem.ar~­ able form in the first match against Bristol Grammar School, and their efforts inspired the team to a 1-0 victory. The team, after 'flu and some injuries, managed to pull together with the help of some first XI players to a remarkable win over Millfield. Another good perforl?lance during the season was against Downside, where Mount, Pollock and Hawkins all had exceptional games and this resulted in a 3-1 victory. Despite losing players to the firsts the Senior Colts still managed to win three out of their five matches. · · M. B. NICHOLAS Team: J. Pollock, N. Gane, A. Jenner, A. Simmonds, J. Stewart, L. Mount, M. Nicholas (capt.), B. Corfield, A. Hawkins, C. Turner, R. Price.

JUNIOR COLTS This was, in many respects, a very disappointing term with only mediocre results and a rather slower rate of progress than might have been hoped for. The season began reasonably well with comfortable wins against Allhallows and Bristol Grammar, with many chances being created, often due to good work by Blan­ chard on the right wing. Against a workmanlike Queen's side, a somewhat fortunate . draw was achieved and in the last two games, Millfield and Downside both exploited the defensive weaknesses of the side. These deficiencies were, however, exacerbated I. A. de B. Marsh by a lack of thought and determination among many of the team and the performances in the latter half of term were well below the team's real capability. There were one or two exceptions, however. Morecombe, whose distribution of the ball from centre-half improved tremendously during the term, and Stockton, whose goalkeeping kept the side in several games when they might easily have been well in arrears. The two things which this side must learn are to perform the basic skills quickly and accurately and to use the skills they do have rather more constructively. More­ combe captained the side quite well on occasions but his inexperience was evident once or twice when the tactics of the game were allowed to be dictated by the opposition. Nevertheless, he worked hard and certainly improved as the term progressed. P.A.D. Results: Played 5 Won 2 Drew I Lost 2 Goals for 9 Goals against 6 v. Allhallows Won 2-0 v. Bristol Won 4-1 v. Queen's Drew 1-1 The new skateboard track v. Mill field Lost 1-2 v. Downside Lost 1-2

U.14's Despite the extreme weather, this team developed an encouraging standard of hockey. They were eager to learn and worked very hard to keep an unbeaten record. Viant and Burdge showed much promise as insides and Sailes, in the centre, often demonstrated that he could be as skilful as his brother. Both Halford and Bird fed confident and useful crosses into the centre and Everest was tireless in setting up the attack from our half. 53

I. A. de B. Marsh Robins and Wadland were energetic and accurate in defence and attack. The fact that not a single goal had been conceded until the last second of the last match owed much to Bradshaw and Gillespie and the awe-inspiring prospect of Couch in his sk!ull-like mask! R.R.C. Results: v. Bristol Grammar School (A) Won 2-0 v. Bristol Grammar School (B) Won 5-2 v. Millfield (A) Won 1-0 v. Millfield (B) Won 4-2 v. Downside Won 1-0 v. Taunton School Drew 1-1 Team: Viant (capt.), Sailes, Burdge, Bird, Halford, Robins, Everest, Wadland, Bradshaw, Gillespie, Couch.

Soccer Potentially, this year's squad showed great promise, and was probably one of the best King's has ever had in the seven or eight years we have been playing competi­ tive football. However, the season was shortened considerably by the 'flu epidemic and temperamental weather of the Lent Term. The match versus B.L.'s Common Room XI was enjoyed by all in treacherous conditions; this led up to a demanding game versus the Stand Club. However, the highlight of the season was undoubtedly the match at Sherborne. The weakened team produced some excellent football, and we really ought to have won the game. We were often stretched at the back, this being an attacking side, and Dave Sykes and Glyn Davies deserve mention for their sturdy play. Likewise Dave Fielder, for his non-stop running, and Graeme Matthews, for consistency. The team would appear to have a sound future with five of the squad returning next year, backed with some promising under sixteen players. T. PYNE Special mention must be made of Pyne's captaincy-he led the team well in a difficult season. Meynell, with a large number of players, won the House knock-out competition, defeating W oodard 3-1 in the final. B.L. Results: B. P. W. DUXBURY Played 4 Won 1 Drew 2 Lost 1 v. B.L.'s XI (H) 4-1 v. Stand Club (H) 3-3 v. Downside (A) Cancelled ('flu) v. Blundell's (H) Cancelled (snow) v. Huish's (H) Cancelled (flooding) v. Sherborne (A) 2-2 v. Taunton Tech. (H) 2-3 Team: Pyne, Busby, Davies, Bowen, Nicholas, Sykes, Doe, Burgess, Wadland, Fielder, Gane, Murrell, Matthews. 54 55

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Editorial Committee: P. H. Thompson, Helene Plant, jessica Duxbury, G. R. K. Fender, D. W. Y. Thres, N. j. L. Weaver age Design: j. S. Jngram CONTENTS School News 3 School News Interviews 6 We are very pleased to be able to congratulate the Archdeacon of Bodmin, Provost, on his recent appointment as Bishop of Dorchester. He takes on his Obituary 12 our new responsibilities early next year. Articles The Headmasters' Conference 13 It is now eighteen months since the Aluredian editorial announced the purchase body. At that time, despite unanimous Neate's House 14 of St. Joseph's Convent by the governing confidence in the greatly improved facilities which would become available, some Expedition to Corsica-1978 14 felt that the undertaking was daunting. To increase the area of the School and its Education in Zambia 16 numbers in such a way might result in some fragmentation of that community life The Day Kenyatta died 17 which has always been so valued at King's. Our awareness of this potential danger during the planning stage has enabled us to minimise it, and we can now declare Hong Kong 1978 18 that the project has been completed successfully, with little or no indication that the 'French Impressions' 20 School has become more impersonal. The vastly improved study accommodation Aluredian Opinion Poll 22 for all Houses is of great benefit to both senior and junior boys. C.C.F. 24 At the beginning of this term Tuckwell House moved across to the Convent, Catterick '78 25 and the W oodard House dormitory accommodation will become available there at the Convent, enables us Community Service next spring. The establishment of Neate's House, also 25 to increase the number of boys without making the size of each House too large. The Print Shop 26 An official dinner was held earlier in the term to celebrate the foundation of Neate's, the Guest of Honour being Revd. C. E. B. Neate, Chairman of the School Council, Drama and Custos. A more detailed report on Neate's House follows later in the magazine. The Junior Play-"Unman, Wittering and Zigo" 28 Also at the Convent is King's House, the new pre-preparatory school opened in September with sixty boys and girls between the ages of four and seven. Music With accommodation at the centre of the School being vacated by all except Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat 29 King Alfred and Meynell Houses, which consequently have taken over all the study Subscription Concert: Julian Lloyd Webber/Simon Nicholls 30 and study bedroom accommodation in the Unmack building we have been able to improve teaching facilities by creating several new classrooms, including new Chemis­ Music Club Concert 31 try and Biology laboratories and there will be new Physics laboratories next year when the Woodard dormitories become available for conversion. Creative 33 Opportunities for boys to socialise have been provided by all Houses and the Societies setting up of a Middle Social Room this term means that every age-group now has History Society a club-room in the centre of the School where boys can meet together on an inter­ 42 house basis. We therefore believe that although there are now 472 boys in the Senior Phoenix Society 42 School, the friendly and personal atmosphere remains unchanged despite the fact Hydra 43 that the Boarding Houses are now more dispersed. Sport The results of the G.C.E. examinations were once again most encouraging: thirty boys attained the necessary Advanced Level grades to proceed to the univer­ Athletics 44 sities of their choice and, in addition, thirteen boys have returned to School this term Cricket 46 in order to take the Oxford and Cambridge Scholarship Examinations. A. C. Mann Canoeing 52 has already been offered a place to read Medicine at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Swimming 53 Tennis 53 The Ordinary Level results were similarly impressive, the overall average being 7.5 passes per boy. Cover design by S. R. V. Wright Sporting achievements were considerable during the Summer Term, as the reports at the end of the magazine will indicate. The 1st XI had some notable suc­ cesses, especially their victories over Millfield, Taunton School and Queen's College, PRINTED BY COX, SONS AND CO. LID., WILLITON, SOMERSET 3 Taunton. It was the first time that Millfield 1st XI had been defeated by a school The recent success of King's College Community Service in the National West­ side for thirteen years. G. H. Davies played for Somerset 2nd XI and M. J. Churchouse minster Bank's "Project Respond" has enabled it to expand its activities even further, played for the West against the South in the England Schools Trial. Our and the review later in the magazine gives an up-to-date account of the valuable Under 15 XI won the Queen's Cup for local schools. As the official Athletics report work being done. suggests, the greatest successes were on an individual basis: N. S. Alexander's hurd­ ling and S. G. A. de Wilton's javelin throwing deserving special mention. During Last term we reluctantly said farewell to Mr. P. J. Carrick, who has gone to the holiday Alexander went on to win the Under 20's hurdling when representing study theology in London after four years at King's. He will obviously be misse.d Great Britain against West Germany at Crystal Palace. For the fourth successive in the Modern Languages Department, but it is probably in the cricket term that hts year the Swimming team won the Meade-King Cup, and they had another excellent loss will be felt most for he coached the Senior Colts cricket and also played for the season, having won eight of their nine school matches. Masters' team in mo'st of their matches. We all wish John and his family happiness This term has seen the development of a particularly strong girls' hockey team­ as they embark upon their new life. indeed, for the first time the School is able to field two girls' teams, and they have We welcomed three new masters at the beginning of this term: Mr. J. C. Spalding made a promising start to the season. (Edinburgh University) came as Head of th:e Englis~ D~part!D~nt from Mer~histon Cultural activities have continued to flourish, and this term has seen considerable College, Edinburgh; Mr. D. A. Denno (Bnstol Umverstty) Jomed the Phystcs de­ expansion in the range of "Spectrum." Societies have been founded to cater amongst partment and Mr. G. G. J. Delaney (Manchester University) replaced Mr. Carrick other things for those interested in mathematics, literary criticism, theological discus­ in the Modern Languages department. sion and fine arts. Another course in ballroom dancing has been arranged and is Mr. J. A. Lee took over from Mr. K. R. R. Wilson as Housemaster of Bishop proving as popular as ever. The Junior Music Club has appealed to a great many Fox House. Mr. I. Halford became the first Housemaster of Neate's and was suc­ boys, most of them not specialist musicians. Events have included two Desert Island ceeded by Dr. R. A. K. Mott as Housemaster of Carpenter. Discs evenings and a classical music quiz in which two teams of masters competed against each other. The beginning of term was saddened by the news of the tragic deaths of three The Debating Societies, at both Junior and old boys all former members of Meynell House: R. H. Densham (1967-1971), Senior levels, have continued to C. B. Insley (1970-1974) flourish, the most enjoyable occasion being the Socratic Society debate in which the and S. Broom (1975-1977). The sympathy of all at King's Celtish members of the Masters' Common Room, Messrs. J. C. Spalding and A. P. is extended to their families. McKegney, ably defended the record of the Scots, Irish and Welsh and managed to We are now looking forward to our Centenary Celebrations, plans for which defeat overwhelmingly the motion that "This House would abolish the Celtic Fringe!" are well under way. The Centenary will be launched at the end of the Summer Well over one hundred boys attended a meeting of the Junior Debating Society, in Term 1979 with performances of Arne's "King Alfred" in the Bishop Wilson Hall which the motion "This House believes that Modern Society is too Permissive" was and at the Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton, and with a fete on Parents' Day. COJ?­ heavily defeated. memorative items will be on sale and, as has already been announced, a spectal Reviews follow of last term's two dramatic productions, the Junior play and the edition of the Aluredian will be published at the beginning of 1980. It will be an Vll production of "Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat." The latter illustrated history of the School, and Mr. David Bromwich, O.A., the Local History began merely as a project by Vll to raise money for the Centenary Appeal, but while Librarian, has been commissioned to write the text. realising this aim it became one of the highlights of dramatic and musical entertain­ The Centenary Appeal is continuing to progress well, the figure reached at the ment at King's in recent years. Most of the performers had little previous musical time of publication being £206,000. Owing to the success of the Appeal so far, the training and many had little dramatic experience either, but their enthusiasm com­ Governing Body have agreed to consider the addition of extra squash courts. municated itself immediately to the audience. There was a full house on both nights, many boys going twice, and so successful was the production that by popular demand To celebrate a Centenary is always exciting, even if one merely looks to. the pa~t. a special performance was arranged for Parents' Day. Congratulations are due to How much more exciting it is that King's is able to plan the commemoratiOn of tts all concerned in this magnificent venture-it is to be hoped that it has paved the way first hundred years as a Woodard School at a time of development and expansion for other such enterprises in the future. in so many fields. M.T.R. The acquisition of the Convent has given us the opportunity to use two theatres, and full advantage has been taken of this chance to develop drama in the Junior part of the School, thus laying a valuable foundation for the future. At the present time we are looking forward to this term's major School production of "Vivat Vivat Regina," by Robert Bolt, which will be reviewed in the next edition. The play is being produced by Mr. J. C. Spalding, whom the Aluredian committee recently inter­ viewed about his ideas for drama. The C.C.F. has continued to thrive, and this is particularly gratifying since we have now completed a year under the voluntary system. The Commanding Officer has written a report on the Contingent to mark this occasion. 4 5 FM: As far as we were concerned, the Provost didn't rate at all. We didn't know him at all. He was extremely distant from the boys. 1fttterbtebJg PMT: In my time the Headmaster was never even allowed to go to a Chapter meeting. I was never allowed to, even when I was Headmaster. Yes, the whole thing was ridiculous in those days-entirely old world. It was a very good old world Prebendary P. M. Taylor in many ways, and we've lost a lot, but we've gained a lot as well. Did the wars make a lot of difference to the School? . After the first World War it was an awful shock. The bottom went out of hfe Prebendary P. M. Taylor was apR~inted Chaplain of King's in 1920 as successor to C. M. Stothert. H~ became DIVlsiOnal Chaplain altogether. . in 1928, and returned to the FM: I wonder how you're fed now at King's and how it would compare with the School as H~admaste~ m 1_930. Members of the Aluredian committee visited him in O~to?er at hts home m Mmehead to talk to him about his life and his memories of twenties. Kit?g. s .. Preben?ary had What did you have then? . ~aylor also invited A. Fraser Much, Esq. (O.A. 1922-1928) FM: It was so appallingly prepared. It really was. You had potato~s which to JOID m the dtscusston: Although. now retired, Prebendary Taylor is still a ver had gone through a so-called peeling machine and they came out grey. with dark b~sy man, an~ the com~t~ee would like to record their thanks to him for giving the~ hts valuable time for thts mterview. patches on them. Friday was a Fast Day: so~p and cheese o~ly! My sister was at Heatherton Park girls' school. (You used to nde over there, str, to goo.d . Perhaps the best introduction to "PMT" is to get~ meal, quote from the Aluredian for when you were chaplain.) I used to go there for sports day and occasiOns hke that Mtchaelmas Term 1933 when he announced his forthcoming resignation as Head­ master: and they actually had cakes and cucumber sandwiches, which I didn't see from one year's end to the other at School. Do you still bake your own bread at King's? "It is n~w four years since we said goodbye to our last headmaster, and we are No. now faced ~1th t~e lo~s of ~nother. It came as a great shock to us all when he gave FM: In my day the groundsman was also the baker (Bert Hurford). When you us news ofhts restg~ah?n. PMT' will be remembered and loved as one who has long got your colours you had the run of the bakery on the days be was baking-unoffi­ had th~ cause of Km~ s clos~st t~ his heart. Some of us can still remember him as cially, of course. The great thing was to go down when the game was over. You Chap~am •. and c~n shll see hts grm each time be bit a six. His unfailing sym atb went round the back, and you got a loaf straight out of the oven. was un­ and kindlmess 'Y1ll be .Butt~r a lo~s which we shall not fully realise till he is gone. We f.no: limited, and there was a pot of jam. To have the run of the bakery m th1s way was however, that hts future wtll be as much bound up with the School as is his past " ' a real privilege, and showed that you'd really made the grade. It was brawn not When youfirst went. to King's in 1920, what was the School like? · I. PMT: It was certamly very much smaller than it is now. I think we were brain that counted with Bert Hurford. round about the 10? mark. There would be about three School Prefects and five * * Houses: E?ward, King Alfred, Woodard, Meynell and-oh yes, Bishop Fox. * * * * * * In wh1ch year were you ordained? How many services a week did you have when you were Chaplain? PMT: We were all fond of the chapel, yes. Chapel every morning. They used ~MT: 1911, at Wells. I've been in ~ells diocese all my working life, except for Kent m the first World War. Mter Cambndge I was at theological college at Ely to be lined up in Big School for it. Then they all paraded from there to the Chapel, When you went to King's in 1920, were the Provost and the other governors.we/1- and one day we had a rat! I went into chapel-there was no incens~ then, and .as known to the boys, do you think? I've got a rather a sensitive nose, you see, I was sure there was somethmg and I sa1d, "that's funny!" The secretary, . P~T: Oh no, not at all. They used to come to lunch when they had a meeting Jack Vincent, said, "/ ~an't smell anything.". I said "/can." It was nearly m tb~ librll:ry. As chaplain, I used to get introduced to them, you see. On one a week before I could convmce anyone that anythmg occll:s10n Vmcent Stuckey Coles said, "We've got a new chap coming along and was' wrong. It was a dead rat, you see. So. that Sund~y we had. the servic~ in Big School. That's your Library now. The first I'd hke y~u to,meet .hin;,-~~ully nice fellow, a chap called Waiter Thomas." When time I went mto that Library was m 1912. Were there any School dances or anything_ like that in those we n;,et, ~b, I .sat~, this IS funny. Last time we met was years ago at Baveno." ~a;:s? Yes, he .satd, . I remember that. And you lent me a book." I was in Baveno FM: Oh no, we lived in cells then. We hved a real monastic hfe. PMT: We did have country dancing, though. That all came about through on Lake Ma~gwre With my mother <~;nd brother, and Thomas was staying there and Etherington being the:,: were gomg back next day by tram. Queen Victoria used to go there a few years a great friend of Cecil Sharp. He started it all, a~1d we had a.big 11 dance in Big earher. Anyway, yve went out to church, and said goodbye to them. When we came School and on one occasion we had a whole week of English folk dancmg. All the boys were taught country dancing if they wanted. Curiously, I never met back they were .still t~ere. They said that the train bad been delayed. We had a Cecil Sharp chat, then wez:t mto dt~ner, and when we came out they were still there. So we went myself, but he was a great friend of Etherington's. to ~~d and satd g?odmgbt and goodbye to. them. But in the morning they were still Etherington was provost, wasn't he? PMT: Yes, and I can tell you how all that came about. It w~s thro~gh Canon wa1tmg. They discovered t~er~ was a stnke of the waiters on the Orient Express. Stuckey Coles Anyway, when we met at King s, the first thing he said was "Ob I must give you that I met him, and he (Stuckey Coles). ~~s a very mfluential person. back that book!" ' ' He was the Senior Chaplain Head of the Western DIVIsiOn. He was a marvellous Was the atmosphere friendly in those days? man. After the first World War they had a tremendous meeting of Anglo-Catholics from all over England in the Albert Hall, and when old Stuckey got on to . PMT: Oh yes, the School was all very friendly. Very feudal, of course, but the plat­ fnendly. form, the whole of the Albert Hall rose to him. One day I gave him a great treat- 6 7 ----- ' ~ -- ·~ ' .~~·t>('\J;,."'r~..... • - '

something my predecessor had never thought of-I asked him if he'd take one of Were meals very formal? my class~s for me. I th~:mght I'd get out of a class, you see, and of course the boys FM: Yes, there was an electric bell just outside Big School, which the Duty were debghte~. And hts sermons! The whole of the staff always turned up when Prefect for the day used to ring a certain time before meals. Then he used to go in h~ 'rtas preaching. They say that one Good Friday he went on for five hours instead and yell "Line up," and there was terrific competition with stop watches as to who o t e usual three, but that was just before I went to King's. On one occasion be could make the words "line up" last out longest. Eventually we marched into the pr~ached about the Book of ~ob. He always bad three, very often four, or even five Dining Hall and grace was said before you could sit down. pomt~, but for Job he bad mn_e, and the next day, on the Monday, I was taking a Were you High Church before you went to King's? class J~St next to the cbapel-tt must have been the previous chapel-and I asked PMT: As a boy I was Low Church. The family were very Low Church in tb~m tf they remembered the points and one of those boys remembered all nine Brighton, but when I went to Cambridge in 1906 I got in with this other crowd and p~:nnts. He was a m_arv,ellous fello':"', absolutely terrific. As I say, it was through became an Anglo-Catholic, and I've been that ever since. But we were the good old­ him that I came to ~n!?i s_ at all. Hts father was the Vicar of Shepton Beaucbamp­ fashioned type of Anglo-Catholic. where Charles Neate ts hvmg now-and I knew him in my Ely days after Cambridge FM: The thing which we liked about Father Taylor was that he used to laugh. about ~910, I suppose. _It _was he who sent me down to Chard, a; it was an Anglo~ He got more across to us at that age by his amusing stories and his laugh than by Cat~ohc church, and shllts. I was there for four or five years. Then I thought of telling us all sorts of boring facts. making a c~an~7 and I went along and saw him. I said, "Where shall I go now?" PMT: I was thinking only the other day that if we had a photographic life of ~db~ rep~ted, ~ell, they want a.curate at St. Matthew's, Westminster." Then he Our Lord, he would have been talking about ordinary things: the weather, crops, satd, . Watt a mmute, another fnend, one of my greatest friends-that was old etc. We read the Bible, but we forget that Our Lord's everyday conversation would Ethenngton, yo~ see-needs a curate at Lenham." So I said "Well if he's one of be just like ours, and above all, he would be laughing. your greatest fnends, I'll try that." There used to be a ru~our th~t Etherington FM: I must just tell you one story. Do you remember J. H. Goldsmith, sir, was the first chap to be fire~ on in the Battle of Khartoum in the First War. He was known to the boys as Navvy? Goldsmith was a Housemaster at King's, and my on a came!. ~e thought tt was. a lovely blue sky, and suddenly it began raining. Housemaster at that period. We had a Scottish sister in the sanatorium then­ He couldn t thmk where the ram ~as coming from-it was raining bullets! So Sister Harvey Robertson-and Navvy had been shell-shocked and gassed and so Stuckley Coles posted a card to Ethermgton, who was just on his way down to Mine­ forth during World War I, and this had left him with a terrific sort of squint, and in head for a fu_neral. He wrote to me .at Chard_and we made arrangements to meet at those days he was in the choir stalls with the other masters and she was in the row in :raunton statiOn. Although I was dymg t? go mto the navy just then, I went to Ether­ front, or two rows in front, with the wardrobe mistress and various other ladies. mgton as curate at Lenham. That was JUSt after the beginning of the war Then One Sunday, as they were coming out of chapel, Navvy managed to produce this ~t the end of the w.ar, Etberington was tired out, and one day be came into ~y roo~ squint and she was quite upset-she thought he was trying to make overtures! In m Len~am an~ satd, "What's a Provost?" I told bim it was head of a college or the end Sister complained about this rather forward Master! somethmg, cbatrman of scboo~ managers and all that sort of thing. He wasn't too You must have found things very different when you returned to King's for a term ke~n at firs~: but he was appomted Provost of King's in November 1920. Later be in 1965, Father? satd to me, .BY the way, th~y want a chaplain as well." Stothert was leaving, and he PMT: Yes, it was very different. I came back for Mr. Unmack's last term, thought I mtght do. I dectded to hang on to old Etberington, you see. He was a when I was seventy-eight, and took all the services and classes and everything. In wonderful character. So that's how I came to King's. many ways, though, it was just the same. When you were Headmaster of the School from 1930 to 1934 how many masters How do you like the idea of voluntary Chapel? were there? ' PMT: Is that what they have now? Well, we are living in a moving world, and PMT: Very few .. We bad a different !cind of staff in those days. They were nearly it is moving very fast. It's the same with the old Vatican, the Pope and all the rest all voluntary people. t~ey came for nothing. Well, we had no money in those days. of them. They're all on the move. There's a lot of good in it, and, of course, there's I ~ug up .all my old fnends to teach, and we had to cut down our salaries to keep a lot on the other side too. t~mgs gomg. The nu~bers began to go up-at one time they were down to about What would be your final comment about the development of King's in the sixty etg~ty-but then the btg monetary crash came in America and parents had to take years since you became Chaplain? tbetr b?ys away. They couldn't afford it when the fees went up to about £100 a year PMT: I rejoice every time I think of the School, and since the old days it is D1d much new building take place when you were there? · wonderful-an amazing story. If you think of Woodard, he had simply nothing at PMT: No, not. when I was there. The Headmaster's House bad just been built all-he was an incredible fellow ... I think the Convent development is marvellous. and poor old Etbermgton got landed .with payi_ng ~or it. But I did pull all the creeper I should think of all the Woodard schools King's has flourished and come out of the from the front of the School because tt was eatmg m to the brickwork. abyss more than any of the others. Some have had a more steady rate of develop­ FM: Have .you heard of the Alpine Club? When that House was being built, ment during the years, of course. We've had a lot of real ups and downs, but first and tbe.scaffoldmg was up, you went out after dark and the thing was to shin up the under Randall Unmack and then James Batten, I should think we're well and truly scaffoldmg and leave identification there that you bad been there. on our feet, all ready for the Centenary Celebrations, and I hope that will be a really .J:>M!: Talking of pranks li~e that, I suppose the story's still going about of the oyful time. bell nngmg, w?en, on the_ last mght oft.erm, they fixed a rope to the toilet in Meynell, MTR so that every h~e t~e cbam,was pulled m the middle of the night the bell tolled. Mrs. P. H. Thompson Unmack satd, I think you d better go down, dear, and see what's going on." Jessica Duxbury 8 9

. ' ~ ... '~itlr~l<. : --. . - expecting some sort of effort and achievement. Otherwise, they're quite capable of J. C. Spalding, Esq. walking out right in the middle of one's soliloquy which can be very heartbreaking. Unlike school plays, which have a guaranteed audience, viewing at the Edinburgh J. C. Spalding, Esq., was appointed Head of the English department at the be­ Festival is very inconsistent, one can play to an audience of a hundred or outnumber ginning of this term. Two members of the Aluredian committee interviewed him them on the stage! recently about his ideas concerning drama, and his experiences of the Edinburgh Festival. Which do you prefer, acting or directing? How do you define drama? It's such a long time since I've acted. I used to prefer acting. Now I prefer direct­ ing. It's an experience which should provide enjoyment for as many people as pos­ sible, both for those directly involved in the production and for the audience. Which play is the best you've produced? What do you feel about the general trend of school drama? "I'm very proud of the production of Anouilh's "Beckett" we took to the Edin­ The general standard in schools is improving: schools are beginning to produce burgh Festival last year. The one I have a soft spot for is Edward Albee's "A Zoo some marvellous efforts, getting away from the deadly "amateurish" approach to Story," which was a last minute choice. The production was received so well inside acting and the Leaden Teapot school of boredom. It must be acted off the youngster's the School that we were urged to take it to the Festival. It ran for six nights and the nerve ends. last two nights we had to turn people away at the door owing to the amount of publicity which had been generated. How do you define or choose the right type ofplay? How much interpretation should be allowed to the director of a play? The right play is basically what people enjoy. A restoration comedy is mar­ vellous if the cast are doing it well and loving it and getting the audience to love it. It depends on the type of play; one has to respect the integrity of the playwright On the other hand, if you take some modernistic piece of "aggro" and mayhem done but if the play is good, it has to have the ability to change from production to produc­ badly, it's very boring. tion. In the hands of different actors, different directors, the play changes shape, What do you view as the assets of amateur drama as opposed to professional though no director can change what has been written, he can merely interpret it in productions? his own light. Hamlet can be played as Tom Courtney played him, or as Nichol Williamson, a dark, dour, revenger, awaiting his opportunity. Theatre is a joint I repudiate the question. The only difference between an amateur or a pro­ concern. A play is a venture, an experiment, trying to combine actors' interpreta­ fessional production is the question of payment. Apart from that, the only thing tions with the director's approach. The question of reactions to the play is one of the that's important is the standard. Running an amateur company is not an excuse for joys of drama. producing the boring, static, and third rate. Apart from the financial criterion, I just can't accept the distinction made between amateur and professional. Some What do you think of Shakespeare? professional productions are so dreadful that the audience, instead of paying, should have been paid. I think he definitely has a future! Shakespeare destroys the whole modernistic 11 concept of progress. Progress is a myth. Playwrights such as O'Neill and Ibsen I Could you explain the Edinburgh Festival? are innovators, changing but not progressing drama. Shakespeare was a kind of The Edinburgh Festival consists of absolutely everything: various companies, intellectual explorer, he was very involved in the politics of his time and was fas­ ballet, opera and theatre. The whole town comes alive and for three weeks Edinburgh cinated by the concept of power. He also wrote for the simple reason of earning is the most fantastic place to be. Student and amateur company productions are money. Today he would be writing for television or the film industry. very prevalent. This side of the Festival seems to have positively boomeranged; the fringe is now so big that there's a fringe of the fringe! The standard varies from Is cinema more important than theatre? the positively excellent to the incredibly, unbelievably bad. A film festival, as well Yes, the boundaries are far larger. Much of the experimental theatre which as a television festival, which is new and developing rapidly, is also held. I've seen-and loved some of it-is often a half baked imitation of cinematic tech­ Would you consider taking a production from here? niques which were perfected many moons before the theatre tried to put them to use. I do believe that film is the important twentieth century medium. Oh absolutely, its an ambition. The type of production would depend on the number of people available and interested. People would have to be prepared to use their imagination to counter convention because it's such a totally different H. Plant experience from school drama. For example, one would be getting away from a D. W. Y. Thres school audience making allowances for "our little William up on stage"; abysmal acting being accepted by a captive audience. At the Edinburgh Festival, the audience, after paying an entrance fee and giving up 3 to 4 hours of their precious time, will be 11 10 OBITUARY ARTICLES C. B. INSLEY (1956-1978-Meynell House 1970-1974) The Headmasters' Conference The only way to describe Chris is to say that he was an enthusiast. Anything Exeter Cathedral, September, 1978. Two people, a man and a woman, both he took on he put all his heart into. His tragic death is a great loss to all who knew obviously daily attenders at Cathedral Evensong, sit waiting silently. Suddenly a him. group of strange men begin to wend their way into the chancel-on they come, grey­ suited, middle-aged, confident-more than two hundred of them. The two people At King's Chris was a founder member of the Canoe Club. He made the Club's look at each other in surprise-the middle-aged men settle in their seats. first canoes, and put the Club on its feet. He helped to start the coaching which is The service begins. After a while, a Bishop steps up to the pulpit. "Fellow still carried on today. He gained his colours for cross country running, having run worshippers"-he addresses the two strangers in the congregation-"You may won­ for the 1st VIII on numerous occasions. He was also a keen athlete, running the der who are these men. They are all Headmasters at their Annual Conference­ 800m and mile for the School. Besides his sporting interests he played the oboe in and you are no more terrified of them than I." Soon the Bishop's homily is over and the School Orchestra, and devoted a great deal of his time and effort to the stage the Cathedral choir, who have so far confined themselves to esoteric chants, address lighting. Chris was part of the School's Icelandic trip which visited Sertsey during its themselves to a hymn. But it is not as easy as that, for these are famous words. eruption. "Saviour if of Zion's city, I through grace a member am ..." Two hundred and ten As a member of the Meynell Study he worked hard, especially in looking after middle-aged magisterial voices take charge and, though the choir boys wince, they the lower half of the House. I'm sure he will always be remembered by his cotton wince in vain, for these men are responsible for more than 100,000 boys and they are sculpture in the Junior dormitory. not easily denied. When your Editor asked me to write a sentence or two about the Headmasters' The summer after he left King's in 1974 he went on a Y.M.C.A. work camp to Conference, I was at first perplexed. After all, how does one describe it? Most Ghana, where he worked and helped those less fortunate than himself, of whom people know how Edward Thring, the distinguished Headmaster of Uppingham, he was very conscious. Having returned from Ghana he went to Portsmouth to study first conceived the idea, in 1869, of gathering together regularly a few headmasters land agency, and maintained his close contacts with the Y.M.C.A. He kept up his to consider educational matters. But nowadays it's different: the Headmasters' interest in canoeing and had soon injected new life into the Portsmouth club. Conference numbers 210 members (it is the Headmaster who belongs, not the school), and membership depends partly on academic criteria, partly on the degree of in­ home either, supporting Plymouth Canoe Club. He He was not idle while at dependence which the particular school enjoys. Member schools include all the had soon set up a "Garage" industry, manufacturing glass fibre canoes, as well as a and Rugby, and an dark room in the bathroom. famous household names such as Eton and Harrow, Winchester enormous variety of others, too, as well as a host of former Grammar or Direct His involvement with the Y.M.C.A. grew and this summer, after finishing at Grant schools. Two hundred and ten schools; two hundred and ten headmasters. Portsmouth, he was chosen to lead a Y.M.C.A. work party to India, where they No headmistress-yet, although I suspect that this omission may one day be repaired. worked on building up a community, both erecting a chapel and building a dam to But where does the actual Conference come in-or is it merely a euphemism keep the floods off. Chris became devoted to these people and on his return to whereby the headmaster of a particular school posts a notice from time to time: "I England planned to raise funds for their aid. Tragically, though, he was killed before shall be away at the Headmasters' Conference," but actually concentrates on lowering commencing this admirable task. his golf handicap? If such an irreverent suggestion were made, it would not be justified, because the Only Chris knew the extent of his work and his involvement, for he was a very Headmasters' Conference is a fairly sophisticated and hardworking body. The unassuming person, who will always be remembered for his laughs, his jokes and his annual Conference attracts the attention of the Press, but it is in committee that the genuinely warm personality. main work is done. The H.M.C. is divided into Divisions-Northern, Eastern, TIM LIDDON South-Western, etc.-and these Divisions meet regularly to thrash out common problems. "What does the Division think about N and F ?" "Should Colts teams be under 16 on the first of September, or when?" "How many members have re­ ceived threatening letters from Mr. X., etc., etc?" As well as this, there is a central Committee, whose job it is to co-ordinate the views of the Divisions. There are also standing Sub-Committees, perhaps the two most important being the Academic Sub-Committee and the Political and Public Relations Sub-Committee. The former achieved fame recently by securing the unanimous support of the entire H.M.C.­ an almost unprecedented feat-for the Sub-Committee's recommendation that the demise of'A' Levels would be greatly to the disadvantage of the educational standards of this country. 12 13

• There are many notable memories which isolate themselves from the rest as But none of this machinery of office really describes the most important function being particularly arduous, interesting or embarrassing-even before we reached of the Headmasters' Conference, which is to forge professional and human links. Corsica we were subject to a predicament at Nice. The main road which enters the When one attends a meeting of the Conference, whether Divisional or Sub-Commit­ town is called "La promenade des Anglais" and along this route there are numerous tee, one realises that everyone else there is intensely sympathetic. They've got their turnings into the centre. Innocently we passed under the test barrier which gave no own problems and they will forgive almost any weakness in a colleague-except pom­ hint of the approaching calamity. As the minibus entered the underpass we heard a posity. Woe betide any pompous headmaster, who, being bereft of the hierarchical scraping sound-obviously we had too much in our rucksacks! Behind us a long insulation afforded to him within his own school, will very soon be cut down to size queue of exasperated Frenchmen had formed and our only line of retreat was back­ by his colleagues. On the other hand, it is a great comfort to feel that, in moments wards to the main road and subsequently over a flower bed. We managed to retrieve of stress, one has only to telephone another H.M.C. headmaster, and wise encourage­ the situation with less gesticulating and hooting than expected. ment will then certainly result. On our arrival in Ajaccio we were immediately brought into contact with Corsi­ Having spent a decade as a member of the Headmasters' Conference, I can can trains. In general the whole antiquated system was highly disorganized and very honestly say that I have never met a friendlier or more amusing group of men-per­ informal-for example, people "hitchhike" by train! Very often we were "thumbed haps it is because they all live amongst young people. down" by a person on the track who then proceeded to get on board. In fact, on one But, when one hears those 210 voices summarily drowning a Cathedral choir, hot day the driver purposely left the doors open. In addition to this, the train would it is quite a daunting experience! constantly be breaking the speed limit indicated by signs at the side of the rails; J.M.B. consequently the train would arrive late at one station and early at the next. The lines were uneven and weed-infested and were responsible for the unpredictable motion of the train. It is hardly surprising then that on our very first day in Corsica the train Neate's House in front of us was derailed, causing us much inconvenience and, needless to say, con­ cern! But this unexpected state of affairs added an immediate sense of adventure After a year's planning, Neate's House came into being at the start of this term. and a touch of piquancy to our expedition. 26 of the existing members of the School from the other six Houses, together with 20 The two memorable highlights in Corsica were the Tavignano Valley and Monte new boys, form the initial membership, but the House is expected to grow rapidly Cinto. In both cases we were out of civilization for a number of days. It was im­ during the next two years, until it equals the others in size. However, Neate's did not portant for us to realise that if anything went wrong-we were a long way from help! really come into existence in spirit as well as in body until Father Neate formally In such circumstances we resorted to eating Vesta packs-! suppose at first they can opened it on October 23rd, 1978. be considered a novelty but very soon the good food we had been accustomed to The evening started with Father Neate, the Headmaster and Mrs. Batten and made them slightly less desirable. However, the other forms of food we had during the Bursar and Mrs. Budden being introduced to the senior members of the House. the trip were of a high standard. Dinner was held in the large oval room on the first floor, which will eventually become Walking up the Tavignano Valley proved excellent training for the most arduous a dormitory. In his speech to open the House, Father Neate referred to the distin­ part of the expedition that was to follow. It was then that we had our first and only guished men after whom the other Houses have been named, and said how proud casualty-a small matter of one of our group breeding a colony of larvae in one of he felt to have been honoured in this way. his eyes. We eventually managed to reach a town and the larvae were effectively To conclude the evening, everyone was entertained to a musical soiree, devised removed. by C. D. Lance and R. J. Kirby, and Father Neate made a complete tour of the Monte Cinto (9,000ft.), the highest mountain in Corsica, was our final target­ House area before departing. it involved breaking camp at 0400 hrs. and beginning the ascent in semi-darkness. We sincerely hope that he will visit us often. The terrain consisted of loose scree but with rocks nearby for support. The higher A. S. BELL we climbed the more of Corsica was revealed to us in a superb panoramic view. At (House Captain) 0900 hrs. we reached the top and were rewarded with the pleasure of being able to see most of Corsica. Owing to the comparatively poor summer this year there was more snow than usual which enhanced the rugged peaks. The remainder of the day was Expedition to Corsica-1978 spent in the descent down to Asco-la-Neige and it took us nine hours to reach our destination and a well-earned rest. Expectation was eagerly welling inside me as the minibus embarked on its 2,500- In retrospect, the expedition was thoroughly enjoyable and a huge success. We mile journey through the continent. We could look forward to a four-week expedi­ were aware that our programme was considered ambitious, and consequently the tion, centred on a two-week hike through Corsica. satisfaction derived from what we managed to achieve (i.e. everything on our plan) On the outward journey we went in a direct line from Calais to Nice (driving was most rewarding. I feel we were very lucky not to be hampered by many of the over the Alps and the highest pass in Europe), but after Corsica we took a detour normal effects caused by walking on the continent, e.g. blisters, stomach upsets, etc. through Switzerland to Interlaken and eventually Paris. We managed to fit ten This was undoubtedly one of the factors which contributed to our success, combined people comfortably in the minibus with rucksacks on the roof rack while two others with sheer determination and enthusiasm by the whole party. We only had the one flew out to a rendezvous at Ajaccio, a port on the west coast of Corsica. Our meticu­ casualty and this demonstrated very clearly how other things in the same category lous planning and training-two practice walks had been organized-were about to could put an expedition in jeopardy. be tested to their full capacity. 15 14

J'· .~ .,~~.... . -;· Shortly before we broke up the gardener found a twenty-foot long cobra at the A final word of warning! Once you have experienced the Corsicans' hospitality bottom of the garden, but the worrying thing was that it probably had a mate and and the beauty of their countryside you may never want to go anywhere else. babies who would come looking for it and cause big trouble. NEIL SAMMAN On arriving at our English public school several new aspects oflife were impressed upon me. Primarily the actual amount of young people around me at all hours of the Education in Zambia day was at first very unnerving as there are relatively few people at home whom I see constantly. The fixed routine and strict rules, which I had never had to abide Education in Zambia is controlled by the State, the only private schools, of which by before were quite novel. I find that living in such a close proximity with boys and there are very few, being run by expatriots. School begins for children at the age of girls gives a much more intimate meaning to friendships and this proximity has also six. The Primary School is split up into seven grades, but the fault in the system is taught me to live in a community, giving and taking to suit others as much as myself that the teachers are not fully qualified, if at all, and children are crammed into classes and ultimately to enjoy my time here. of seventy or more. Most are from the bush, and consequently do not speak English TERRY ANN TILBURY but the local vernacular. The outcome of this mode of education is that those pupils who leave after a final "grade-seven" exam (at which there is a very low pass mark) are put out on to the streets, but those who pass go on to secondary schools. Those who fail the "grade seven" exam are known as "Grade seven drop-outs" The Day Kenyatta died and they inevitably become very troublesome. With no qualification behind them The morning of the 22nd August, 1978, was no different from any other day. they cannot find jobs and resort to stealing and pilfering. To combat this, schemes The weather was dull until the sun came out at about 10 o'clock in the morning. have been organized involving handicrafts, dietetics, and family planning for the girls, There was no forewarning of the news which would bring the nation to a standstill­ to help them organise their future families; the boys are involved in a "back-to-the­ the first President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, was land" campaign comprising cultivation and land-reclamation. dead! Secondary school is divided into five forms, for the ages of thirteen to seventeen. Since 1963, when Kenya became independent from Great Britain, Mzee (a During these years the equivalent of the '0' level course, "African-orientated," is Swahili term of respect for an old man) had been the ruler of Kenya. He was known taken, at the end of which the final exams in all the major academic subjects, including as the "Father of the Nation" and had become the symbol of Kenya's unity which he the African language, are taken. more than any other had worked for and achieved. This was no mean feat in a coun­ There is no 'A' level in Zambia and those who want to continue in further educa­ try composed of three main racial groups-African, Asian and European, with the tion go to Europe. Africans further divided into a hundred or more tribal groups and sub-groups. Out I. An alternative education system is provided by the Convents, run by nuns from of the chaos of 1963 Mzee Kenyatta had brought about stability and thus produced Germany in the major towns. It is possible to attend one of these by paying an annual orderly political and economic life. fee of twenty-five pounds, and achieve a relatively high standard of education. At lunchtime on August 22nd, the national radio, known as the "Voice of I attended Kanseriji primary school in Nolola, after which I went to the Domini­ Kenya" (V.O.K.) announced that the President had died early that morning at State IllI I can convent in Nolola with about thirty pupils, but the standard of education was low. House, Mombasa, where he bad been staying. The stunning news spread through My parents didn't want to send my sister and me to a boarding school so they set the towns and those possessing radios switched them on to confirm what they had up a small school on the Misundu road two miles from the Zai:rean border. heard. The V.O.K. told everyone to carry on as normal but Nairobi's offices and 'I We bad five teachers: a French teacher who taught French and maths (qualified shops shut one by one-was this out of respect or in panic? The national buses I in economics); a Rhodesian history and geography teacher; a Swiss-German teacher were still running and everyone hurried home. The streets of a normally buzzing for art; an English biology teacher; and another English woman for English (who is city were strangely quiet by 4 p.m. except for isolated groups, mostly African, who Olivia Newton-John's aunt). There were four pupils in my sister's class and five in were obviously discussing the situation. mine, comprising a Yugoslav girl, a Guyanan girl, an English boy and a coloured A few suburban shops had remained open and these were doing good business. boy from South Africa, so there was quite a selection. All the European community were buying enormous amounts of groceries in case The school routine was: start at 8 a.m. in the rainy season and 7.30 a.m. in the they had to remain at home due to trouble in the city. No-one could say what would dry season (because of the heat). Lessons last until12 noon and resume from 2 p.m. happen, and there was much uneasiness in the air. to 4 p.m. (but not in October, known as suicide month because of the extreme humi­ The V.O.K. announced the death every half hour and played funeral music in dity which prevents effective work). between. It provided no answers to all the questions in everyone's minds and merely The school is situated in the bush. Subsequently strange things often happen ... informed the people that a month's mourning had been declared with three days' We used to go, in break time, down to the railway line at the bottom of the sc~ool public holiday to be announced. grounds which carried copper out from Zambia to Zaire. Once we met two terronsts, No Kenyan knew what the next few weeks would bring. They could only hope who em~rged from the bush and accused us, under machine-gun point, of laying land­ for the best. The fact that the President had died a natural death itself prevented mines and thus conspiring against the government. Well, it was quite obvious that violence. So the sun set on Kenya, leaving no-one any the wiser. It was hoped that nine school children just playing on the line were harmless. The terrorists wanted to all Kenyans would continue to live true to the motto of Mzee Jomo Kenyatta­ take us to their base camp for interrogation but we managed to convince them that "Harambee", which translated loosely means "Let us work together." we were merely visiting English art students so they agreed to let us go, with a warning JANE SAMPSON never to come back! 17 16 - - ~-- ~ ,. I

welcome us was a delightful beginning to a magic week. From start to finish our stay Hong Kong, 1978 was organised with an attention to detail and consideration for our wishes which I "How about a week's trip to Hong Kong to visit friends of King's and conduct ensured that Appeal or no Appeal, we were certain to enjoy every minute. an Appeal Meeting for the Centenary Sports Hall?" We stayed for the six days of our visit with Dr. and Mrs. Yu and no-one could have proved better or more charming hosts. Having arrived on Wednesday after­ What, in April this year, started as a casual joke, had by the end of May become noon and the Appeal party at the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club being on Friday a feasible plan thanks to a great deal of preliminary hard work and generous offers evening, we spent the intervening time being gently introduced to the life of Hong of hospitality from parents in Hong Kong. So, on Monday, June 26th, we arrived Kong in all its many guises. We were taken out to delicious meals at which first at Heathrow Airport armed with passports, luggage and good advice-mainly from English and then gradually more Chinese menus were chosen; we shopped for presents Pyrland boys who make this trip regularly-ready to embark on our great adventure. for friends and family; we spent a happy afternoon at Ocean Park admiring the For years we have welcomed back every term boys and girls who jet round the world views of bays and islands and watching tame dolphins, whose acrobatic skills and sense as a matter of routine, and now was our chance to emulate them. of fun kept us captivated for hours. We flew by Singapore Airlines and I can thoroughly recommend anyone else to We gave the famous "jet lag" no time to catch up with us, although on one do the same. The cabin staff were friendly, efficient and glamorous, our seats were evening, as the view from the restaurant window gradually inched from harbour comfortable, food and drink arrived at frequent intervals, and even the weather round to skyscrapers and back again, we did wonder for a moment if this was it. conspired to make the journey pleasant. At our first stop, Frankfurt, a hundred large Then we realised that it was the restaurant that was revolving, and not our senses! German farm managers joined the plane. They were very jolly and spent their time On Friday night came the party at the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club which was taking photographs of each other and of the air hostesses. From Frankfurt to Bah­ the centre piece around which our whole journey had been planned. No less than rein, the next leg of the journey took us over the northern edge of the Alps and then, 55 parents, old boys and well wishers of King's had assembled to hear about the as night closed in, we flew for some time gazing down at a magnificent but puzzling Appeal. It was a splendid evening, beautifully organised, and, apart from the main string of lights which we gradually realised must be the shores of the Bosphorus. purpose, it was a pleasant surprise to the organisers and many of the guests to dis­ We landed in Bahrein at some terrible time in the small hours, and having passed a cover just how many "King's people" there were in Hong Kong. hot and sticky hour in the transit lounges, successfully avoiding buying a sheikh's We now had three days left of our tour and this we spent on further sightseeing outfit recommended by a fellow passenger, we returned thankfully to our friendly trips organised by the Hui family and a gorgeous day on a motor cruiser which took air-co'nditioned plane. From there we flew all morning across the Indian continent us to Clearwater Bay in the New Territories, where we lazed and swam and sunbathed through beautiful blue and white cloud-mountains with an occasional glimpse way in surroundings which, with a few sheep added to the green hills and twenty degrees below us of dried up earth and, later, wrinkled sea, like sheets of corrugated iron. taken off the temperature, could well have been western Scotland. We returned in At Bangkok the farmers left us, still clicking their cameras, and by 6.00 p.m. our plane the velvety dark to the incredible lights of Hong Kong and yet another delightful circled down over palms and swamps to the hot blanket atmosphere of Singapore. dinner party. On the airport bus, which took us to our overnight hotel, we were lectured firmly Although so much of our stay seemed to be full of holiday outings the principal but kindly by our girl courier on the evils of "littering." It appeared that we should reasons for our visit were not forgotten, and one of the most welcome aspects of our speedily be fined at least, or even jailed, if so much as a sweet paper hit the ground, time in Hong Kong was the chance to see so many parents of King's boys whom and I must admit that in both Singapore and Hong Kong the streets were models of we would otherwise seldom have had the opportunity to meet, let alone get to know cleanliness. As we were registering at the hotel a voice behind us said, "We'll give in their own homes. Besides the four families who had masterminded our tour, we you half an hour to change and then we're taking you out to see Singapore." Mr. were most hospitably entertained by the Van Haght, Munk and Haynes families who and Mrs. Townley were as good as their word, and we shall be forever grateful to helped us to see as much as possible in the brief time we were there. Amongst or her them for a fascinating glimpse of the city in the few hours available. We were driven things, we were driven on a fascinating tour of the New Territories including the round the colonial area of the town and drank gin slings at Raffies Hotel; we saw the almost obligatory but none the less intriguing visit to the borders of Red China, and waterfront and were taken on a wander through Bugis Street and the nearby street looked in on a china factory and a candle factory where we would have made many markets where we had a delicious meal of satay at one of the stalls. We ended up at more purchases had we not by that time become aware that our baggage was getting the Tanglin Club and then we drove back to our hotel for a brief sleep. By 5.30 as over-weight as our wallets were getting thinner. a.m. we were up and soon on our way to the airport again, and though we gathered Saved up for our last evening was in many ways the most memorable of our we had hit quite a cool spell, the atmosphere still seemed like a greenhouse the moment many parties. All the parents of boys in the school invited us to dinner at a huge one stepped outside air-conditioned hotel or car. floating restaurant in Aberdeen, which is an area of Hong Kong famous for its floating Our morning flight took us up the coast of Vietnam, although the Malayan village of sampans and junks, and which specialises in sea food restaurants. There, stewardess seemed anxious not to acknowledge this, and by early afternoon we were amid oriental splendour, we dined together for the last time at two huge round tables. Speeches were made and we were presented with a beautiful in Hong Kong, coming in on that dramatic flight path ~o t~e sea-bound runway. so piece of jade as a memento that one moment the plane seemed to be settling on the h1gh-nse roof tops or headmg of our visit, which now sits proudly on our mantelshelf at King's and daily reminds irrevocably for a chequer board-marked hill, and the next moment one was at rest us of a wonderful occasion. with harbour water all around. We were met at the airport by our hosts and organ­ Tuesday dawned and it was hard to believe that our stay was nearly over. After isers of our trip. The fact that all four families, Dr. and Mrs. Yu, Dr. and Mrs. a final morning tying up the last strands of the Appeal business we set out once more Yeung, and Drs. K. K. and K. P. Hui and their wives all took the trouble to come and for Kai Tak airport accompanied by our doctor hosts and their wives. I am a very 18 19 ------~- ....,... . -·

unorganised and inexperienced traveller, and had it not been for the calm assurance We visited the police station in the morning. We saw the cells and the control of our escorts, I know I would have had us both cooped up in the plane far too soon room. We think that it's better organized than in France. It's very sympathetic instead of enjoying a last friendly chat and drink until the final boarding announce­ to have shown us their computer and their machines. ment was made. In the afternoon we visited Taunton Cider Company. We could compare the The journey home was as comfortable as that which we had made a few days French way of making cider and the English one. Obviously we prefer the Normandy before, though the anticipation of each meal was a little blunted as the pattern became cider which is better. routine and I could see how the habitual traveller could find it all a little tedious. On In all Factories and schools, we noticed that there are bars where English people this return flight, owing to the difference in time we merely changed planes in Singa­ go every night together even if it's not for a long time. It's pleasant But we don't pore and seemed to fly through endless night until we reached Heathrow to find understand why the students cannot smoke as they can drink alcohol at the bar. ourselves greeted by a grey and drizzly English July morning. Wednesday, July 5th Looking back in November from the fog of autumn, what do I remember most We did a project: we had to compare the prices in different supermarkets but it clearly of our summer visit to Hong Kong? Of course, first and foremost, the won­ wasn't easy because all products were "mixed." derful welcome and generosity which greeted us and all the fun we bad. Then the For example, we found olives near tooth-paste. size and scope of the place: I had no idea there was so much of it all. Quite apart Food is cheaper than in France but we saw that the coffee was as expensive as in from the famous city and its harbour, there were so many bays and beaches, head­ Lisieux. lands and islands, and the New Territories were another land in themselves, from the At King's, we had some difficulties to get used to the food. For example, sauces factories and new settlements, to the duck farms and patient water buffalo. Even seemed to us to be sweet. the heat we found a pleasure. It was certainly hot and sticky if one had to hurry, Thursday, July 6th but pampered as we were with air-conditioning and kind chauffeurs to take us every­ The visit to Van Heusen factory was interesting. We enjoyed seeing the women where, this did not affect us, and who would complain at exchanging the chilly waves working very fast while there was rock'n roll music in the room. We finally think of the English Channel for the balmy waters of the South China Sea? that it's very exhausting to work all day long like this. Life seemed to be lived very much in the present. The past, like the old walled In the afternoon we visited Somerset County Museum. It was varied. village which we visited, seemed preserved for tourists, and as for the future, who The only boring fact in our holidays is the bad weather. We can't use the sports knows what will happen? So meanwhile, teeming, busy, practical Hong Kong grounds as we would like to. and its people captured our hearts, and we look forward to returning there some time Friday, July 7th in the future. Project No. 2: to buy a car. S USAN BATTEN We went in different garages to ask the prices for buying a new car with about £3,500. We have visited the town (shops, bars). We liked a lot the "Dolphin Bar" with good Ham Rolls ... 'French Impressions' ':l'fe have had difficulties in getting used to the cars driving on the left, especially A diary of the Institution Fremont's visit to King's in July 1978 on b1kes. Saturday, July 8th (In publishing this diary editorial policy has been to leave all spelling and other We went to Taunton Market. grammatical errors uncorrected.) The main thing which was interesting was the Auctioning of the animals. Saturday, July 1st In the afternoon we went to Huish's fete. It was a very friendly fete. Arrival at King's college: 10 o'clock. In France, it's the same. It's called "Kermesse" in which all people living in the We were welcomed at Southampton by Mr. and Mrs. Pocock and at King's by town go to help the organisers. Mr. Sykes. We were surprised that the boys who came to France during Easter didn't Sunday, July 9th welcome us ... The mass is the same but it's more strict. Sunday, July 2nd It's better in England because all people sing. Official welcome by Dr. R. A. K. Mott, the second master. We don't understand why the prefects must wear a gown. Better organization than in France; the time-table was given us on paper. In the afternoon, "Grass-track" racing was interesting. We were surprised to be living outside the school grounds. We enjoyed seing Monday, July lOth all the fields and the sports facilities (swimming-pool; tennis-courts, theatre, music ...) We did the third project: to answer questions about Taunton and King's college. It's very rare to find a lot of grounds in a school in France. Some women at the municipal building were very nice to help us. It was kind of Monday, July 3rd them. Lessons with VI. In the afternoon, we saw a concert at the junior school. It was very nice and We noticed that the French lessons with Mr. Sykes seemed very friendly. In pleasant. We have not this sort of organisation in our school. France, we aren't used to work with the tables around the classroom. We congratulated the teachers for having won in the water-polo match. It was The lessons are longer in France (55 minutes). very exciting especially with the teacher's goal-keeper who was very good. In the afternoon, we saw a cricket match at the County ground. We didn't Tuesday, July 11th like this sport because we don't understand how they can play a whole day. We went to Wells in the minibus. We visited the Cathedral and the clock inside. Tuesday, July 4th 21 20

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Question 2 Afterwards, we went to Bath but it's a pity that we hadn't much time to visit the On the whole, do you think the Government is running the country well or badly? town. We saw that it was a beautiful town: a lot of flowers, pedestrian precincts Well 28% Badly 64% Don't Know 8% and smart shops. We think that it's a rich town. Question 3 Wednesday, July 12th Do you think Mr. Callaghan is doing a good or bad job as Prime Minister? In the morning, the minibus took us to Yeovilton. There we saw a lot of planes, Good 4% Bad 84% Don't Know 12% the Concorde and Royal Navy planes which were built 20 years ago. We visited the Question 4 hangars where planes were kept. Do you think Mrs. Thatcher would do a good or bad job if she became Prime At last we entered the Fleet Air Arm museum. Minister? There were old planes, photographs, models, films about the story of the Fleet Good 56% Bad 44% Don't Know 0% Air Arm. Question 5 On the way back we stopped in a pub to play skittles. We think that it's more Which party would you support if there were a general election today? difficult for young people to enter a pub in England than in France. In France, we Conservatives 48 % can go alone to the "cafe" when we are 16 years old. And here, when we wanted Labour 4% to go and have a drink we were told that we couldn't stay. We were very disappointed. Liberal 4% Thursday, July 13th Others 24% The day has been employed to write this diary. None 20% At last, the weather is getting better. Question 6 Today is the second beautiful day since our arrival. Now, we don't look forward If you had to state the social class to which you belong, what would you say? for the departure. 1. Upper 4% All of us find King's college and its students and teachers very kind. We think 2. Upper Middle 28% that this school has got a "spirit." 3. Middle 56% All the students are getting on well together. 4. Lower Middle 8% For instance, when we saw the performance "Joseph" at the theatre, we couldn't 5. Working 4% find the words to describe the quality of the show. Question 7 When we compare King's college and Fremont, we all believe that English If you bad to say to which social class your paternal grandparents belong(ed), Students are lucky. We understand why they have to pay so much money to live at what would you say? this school. 1. Upper 8% Patrick Bance, Max Lepelletier, Thierry Leboucher, Christophe Duvey, Nathalie 2. Upper Middle 16% Mottier, Nadine Lebreton, Laurence de Brad de Fer, Martine Tetard, Didier Lemee. 3. Middle 28% 4. Lower Middle 12% 5. Working 32% Aluredian Opinion Poll 6. Don't Know 4% The findings of this poll are merely figures, and cannot realistically be transposed Question 8 into statements of a political will or trend. The aim of the poll, which was taken Which daily newspaper was recently on strike? from a random sample of sixth formers, was threefold. First, we wished to precipitate 1. "Sun" an opinion on the state of the nation and the likely voting trends. Secondly, we wished 2. "Mirror" 8% to ask the somewhat delicate question about class background, not to embarrass, 3. "Mail" 8% but to prove that the public school, far from being a bastion of the upper middle class CORRECT 4. "Telegraph" 60% is increasingly the despository for the children of the nouveaux riches and the self­ 5. "Times" 4% made man. Our final objective was to ascertain the extent of ignorance about current 6. Don't Know 20% affairs. Question 9 I do not think a literary manipulation of the facts will prove my case. I will Do you know what is meant by the economic term the "Snake"? simply quote the figures. Yes 12% Question 1 Don't Know 88% On this list are some of the main issues with which the Government has to Question 10 deal. Do you know how long John Paul I's pontificate lasted in days? (a) Which do you think the Government are handling well? (b) Which do you 1. 42 days 12% think they are handling badly? 2. 35 days 4% Well Badly CORRECT 3. 33 days 52% 1. Keeping the cost of living down 36% 64% 4. 31 days 8% 2. Keeping taxation down 16% 84% 5. 28 days 12% 3. Controlling immigration 12% 86% 6. Don't Know 12% 4. Looking after old people 85% 15% 23 22 ... ------... '' . I

Question 11 Catterick '78 Where was the Liberal Party conference held this year? The _best camp for years started well, with an interesting journey up. We were 1. Scarborough to stay w1th the 3rd Battalion of the Light Infantry for ten days, at Catterick in York­ CORRECT 2. Brighton 30% shire. We were shown to our barracks in C Company buildings, which were very 3. Southport 4% comfort~ble . . After a very good supper (the food all week was first class), we all went 4. Blackpool 24% to the mght-hfe of the barracks, the NAAFI, where four-letter words are in abun­ 5. Llandudno dance and men have been known to bet whole wage packets on one hand of cards! 6. Don't Know 42% (None of us tried it.) Question 12 Next morning we were brutally woken up by the soldier on duty at 6.30. This What political stance do you think these newspapers take? wa~ ju~t routine! After an opening address from the C.O., and a battalion display, "Morning Star" Left Right wh1ch mcluded mortars and anti-tank guns, we completed another day. 84% 16 % During the week we fired the SLR, 9mm pistol, the PMG, and some even did "The Times" Left Right clay pigeon shooting! We also bad a night exercise, in which it does not pay to be 4% 96 % asleep on guard duty! "The Sun" Left Right Don't Know Also, we had a battle-handling exercise, the assault course, a visit to Durham and 52% 40% 8% York, a .visit to a tank battalion, a signals exercise, an interesting period of drill, .22 shooting, and living with regular soldiers who were all hard and who for the most part could not count to more than 35. C.C.F. The climax of the camp was the Lyke Wake Walk, from which only one person During the past twelve months the C.C.F. has been adjusting to its new role as dropped out. an entirely voluntary organisation. I think it would be fair to sum up this period by The camp was excellent, and everyone thoroughly enjoyed himself, and I would saying that there looks like being no shortage of good recruits provided that leader­ recommend anyone to go. ship and organisation of high quality can be maintained in all Sections. This is by N. THOMPSON no means an easy assignment when one realises that the standard must essentially be set by the members of VII, and there is thus a complete change of senior personnel once a year. The enthusiasm of these boys must have a decisive effect on the morale of the Contingent, and it is encouraging to see such a vigorous response to this chal­ Community Service lenge from the NCO's. We have again been delighted by the 100% success achieved by the Ten Tors The community service is progressing very well this term with many new members although it is a pity that the authorities have to restrict the number of partici­ from the_ j_u_nior part of the School. The I?ajority of new people have opted for teams, in the term. pants in this exceedingly popular and challenging expedition. In June the Contingent O.A.P. v1s1tmg. We bad a party for the pat1ents of Tone Vale early on was inspected by Brigadier B. N. L. Fletcher, the Deputy Commander of South West It was fairly successful and they all seemed to enjoy it. District. He said that he was pleased with what he had seen, and particularly the The garden and the greenhouse march past, which took place in excellent conditions on the Front Square. find that many cabbages, that we bad quickly planted to enjoy We came back this term to Two Summer Camps were again held. The Chindits were lucky enough of last term, had done very well for themselves. These camp to the "with a prayer" at the end Exmoor at its best, whilst for the more senior members, an attachment consumed! Most of the leeks planted last term are "swelling" nicely. gave a very real insight into were quickly 3rd Battalion, Light Infantry, stationed at Catterick, garden has bought a £200 rotavator which has been a great asset up at Fullands. across The Regimental soldiering. The challenge of the 40-mile, 24-hour Lyke Wake Walk We hope it will pay its way, despite a few "teething" problems! The members of the great enthusiasm, some members the North Yorkshire Moors was accepted with greenhouse are being kept busy this term, partly up at Fullands and with the growing driving themselves well beyond what they had thought were their limits. hyacynth bulbs. These are being grown for our own O.A.P.s and 100 for one of 150 Field Days continue to be much enjoyed, with variety the keynote. The last Taunton Social Services. We also have to get ready for next term's "big grow." provided sailing on the River Exe, a visit to the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth, shooting at Langport, a self-reliance exercise on Exmoor, tactics on the Quantocks, O.A.P. Visiting and visits to R.N.A.S. Yeovilton, its Air Museum, and Royal Marines' Band. On an This is the most popular of the schemes: over forty O.A.P.'s are visited at least individual level, congratulations are due to S. D. Pillar and N. J. Thompson, who once a week. The visitors do gardening, shop or just chat, preventing the old folk have both won Royal Naval Flying Scholarships. from becoming lonely or feeling that they are not wanted. This is a very worthwhile Adventure Training Camps at Easter continue to be very well supported. The part of the Community Service. programme for the 1979 Camp should ensure that it is the most successful yet held. It includes fell walking, rock climbing, canoeing, and sailing in a six-berth, 31-foot Logging ketch on Lake Windermere. It is sometimes hard to know whether the Officers or This is a great help to the community service funds. Different loggers go each the boys are the more enthusiastic. Perhaps they are all young at heart! day and we now have some sixty-one girls helping. K.W.K. 25 24 .. ~ --- ~·· . '

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Handicapped Riding . The riding is continuing each Wednesday and is worthwhile for the handicapped children, although often rather arduous for those who help. We have this term seen several people doing handicapped swimming. Hopefully this will expand at a later date.

The craft shop and conservation These schemes are continuing as usual, the craft shop with its usual variety of goods. The conservation, under Mr. Pocock, is doing worthwhile work, although numbers have diminished somewhat.

WHAT TO THE FUTURE? In immediate prospect we have a Christmas party for the O.A.P.'s, as well as a carol singing group, both in the last week of term. We have a visitor from the National Westminster Bank, also that week, to see what we spent our prize money on, and how we operate. We will be entering the competition again. We now have ,_.'------+ "TO tuii.LCrriNE to think of new schemes to cope with the ever-increasing problems of society. The other. met~od of printing at. King's incorporates an impression between J. M. HACKESON paper and a r~Jse? ~n~ed surface. Th1s method is far older in origin, although for the work at Kmg s 1t IS the best. Some people maintain however that it is not as economical as lithography on large jobs but more so on the small o~es. The new press _at King's is an Original Heidleberg, electrified and has a fully automa~ed self-loadmg system. Many will have seen it in action and already it has proved 1tse~f t~ be a very successful venture. The press is eighteen years old and had be~n standmg ~~ Aberdeen for four years without work. It is now enjoying an easy The Print Shop retirement at Kmg's. Many witnessed the arrival, on Monday, 2nd October, of a new printing press. This new press replaced the old treadle powered one, previously operated by Bishop Fox House until it fell into disrepair three years ago. This machine was brought to King's a number of years ago from a small printer in Bridgwater and its ultimate destiny is not yet known. I considered myself very lucky to be paid £45.00 for it 0I ... 1(.111WJot after having it valued and finding it was worth little more than its scrap metal value, which at the time stood at £17.00! It left for renovation in Leicester on 11th October and I am told that the majority of these machines find their way to non-electrified developing areas, namely West Mrica, where they fetch £450.000 each! A vast per­ centage of this is paid out on freight charges and packing There is no longer a demand for machines of this nature on the home market People would rather buy a small offset litho machine, like the other printing machine at King's. This method is far less time-consuming, requires less skill and in fact resembles ordinary duplicating when it comes to small everyday work. A lot is to be said for litho printing, but, ultimately, when a high quality job is required, letterpress printing is in high demand. King's now has both methods in operation. Lithographic printing is a process in printing which employs a single plane. The areas to be printed are in the same plane as the blank areas. It employs the principle PAPU that grease and water do not mix. Printing ink is greasy and adheres to the printing areas because they are greasy. It will not adhere to the non-printing area because . Six of the Meynell Vll operate the machine and work in the print shop: E. N. it is not greasy, but wet. In the first instance water will not have adhered to the print­ T!lley, P. D. ~o.olle~, J. P .. P. Jones, A. R. Kirby, N. G. H. Staunton and myself. ing area because in the process of plate making it was made greasy. Letterpress pnntmg IS provmg popular and we thank people for their support and hope it will continue. A. J. WHEATON 26 27

' - ..~·· - 0F~J®R~ The Junior Play-"Unman, Wittering and Zigo" BY GILES COOPER I found this production of Giles Cooper's "Unman, Wittering and Zigo" to be something of an enjoyable disappointment. It was enjoyable because the performance had slickness and pace and the many humorous lines were made the most of by the cast and were delivered to a highly appreciative audience. To this extent the produc­ tion must certainly be rated a success. But it was a disappointment for two entirely different reasons. First, it was supposed to be a junior play, an opportunity for the 3rd and 4th formers of the School to gain experience on the stage, and for producers of plays in the future to get some idea of the dramatic talent in the Lower School. In the event, all the parts that called for the creation and portrayal of character, in other words, for acting, were taken by members of the VIth Form, and the juniors were left with the unpleasant members of 5b, roles that came all too naturally to them! For 3rd and 4th formers to convey the difference between schoolmasters and school­ boys would, of course, have been very demanding, but that merely stresses that "UW and Z" is not a good choice for a junior play. The second disappointment stems from " UW and Z's" origins as a radio play. The scene changes with great fre­ quency, necessitating the simultaneous presence on stage of all four acting areas, and on the Bishop Wilson Hall's fairly small stage, while the problems were dealt with with great ingenuity, there was little space for movement, and in a play in which there is little action this resulted in a performance that tended to be visually repetitive, though I hasten to say that this is a characteristic of the play rather than a criticism of the production. Given these reservations, there was much of value in the production. 5b were well drilled and lively, and clearly they relished the unpleasantness of their characters, but the aim of the play is to build up both horror, as it gradually becomes clear what has happened, as well as suspense as Ebony himself is threatened. This developing tension was lacking, and I was never really convinced by the prospect of 5b as mur­ derers. James Hall acted with control and intelligence, though he never seemed suffi­ ciently dominated by the situation. He was ably supported by Jessica Duxbury, as his bored and bitchy wife, who would, I would have thought, have been a welcome change at any staff social event. It was good to see Simon Bloxam-Rose for once being given the chance to act a character rather than a caricature, and he produced a witty portrayal of the headmaster without ever falling into the trap of going over the top. However he, in common with some other members of the cast, must realise that lines must be learnt, and learnt well in advance of the performance, if the most is to be made of the production. Failure to do this is a King's habit which we would do well to get rid of. Jeremy Stewart's performance as the Art Master was full of life and his rather flamboyant air of having given in to the system acted as an excellent contrast to James Hall's more thoughtful concern. The lighting of the set, and the set itself, were efficiently managed by the stage staff. Many of those who saw the performance and enjoyed it may feel that this review is too critical. Certainly, and it is a tribute to the hard work of the producers and the cast, that the audience went away having been entertained. Without this happening, no production can be considered a success. However, I was left wishing that the same talents and effort could have been put into a play that would have done more to foster and reveal the strength of the junior half of the School, on whom, of course, the future of King's drama must depend. D.K.E. 28 The Heidelberg Platen being installed N. J. L. Weaver A. Fraser Much, Esq. (O.A.)

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:<: :<: :-.. :-.. MUSIC "Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dream coat" Reaching international popularity this year with his BBC World Cup theme music, his "Variations on a theme ofPaganini" and his opera "Evita," Andrew-Lioyd Webber just had to be included in the "Pre" Centenary Appeal festivities at King's. His "Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat" was the excuse for a fudge­ eating orgy of delightful musical entertainment given by the members of VII in the Bishop Wilson Hall. On the Monday, the first of the two nights-and a very hot one too-the full house saw Rowan Lobb, immaculately turned-out like a prosperous accountant, take up his stance appropriately enough at a makeshift lectern, ready to unfold the story of Joseph. Aided by a microphone and supported by a gaily coloured chorus of lads and lasses, he introduced, in spotlit groups of two, the monochromic family of Jacob and his twelve sons. The father-figure could be spotted by his McDougalled hair and beard and because he considered himself too old to be wearing faded jeans. His sons both looked and acted like fully paid-up members of the James Dean fan club. Their plain denim uniform and the simplicity of the decor served to highlight the brightness of Joseph's coat (though I failed to spot the "vest" which it was sup­ posed to match). Another pleasing effect in this opening number was the lengthy one-note description of the said coat, contrasted with the many-coloured flashing lights on the cyclorama. Tune number two featured Mr. Harrison's trombone and Jeremy Doe, as Joseph, annoying his brother with his dreams-so much so that, to the accompaniment of Jerry Stewart's funeral parlour organ and a stroboscopic lighting effect, Joseph was stripped to his rugger shorts and sold to a cycling band of circus Isbmaelites. In the fourth scene, introduced by melodic whistling and curiously out-of-place sleigh bells, the eleven James Deans were joined by four ladies of the chorus who, looking like out-of-step Annie Oakleys posing as Pan's People, did a very good imitation of the CCF at their annual march-past. They also deceived Jacob into believing that Josepb was dead. However, in Egypt, the very far from dead twelfth son has been "jessi­ cated" by the leotarded and laced Mrs. Potiphar while Bloxam-Rose, from his 1950's dentist's waiting-room chair, tucked his "Financial Times" under his arm, patted his bowler firmly on his head and, prodding his now "untrusted" servant with his rolled umbrella, sacked him to a tune very reminiscent of "Bobby Shaftoe." Locked firmly now in jail Joseph yawns his way through "Close every door to me," ironically disregarding the lit "Exit" sign to his left. He might be able to read dreams but he hasn't much clue about reading more earthly signs! Soon be is joined in his cell by Nicola and Joanna, playing Potiphar's daily and baker, whose dreams our biblical Freud has no problem in explaining. As be confidently sings "I've never been wrong before" the audience laugh and the lights go up for the sale of the interval confectionery. Jul~an Tayener, the post-fudgi~l Pharoah, surrounded by his admiring odalisques, c~ts an 1mposmgly regal figure until the mood of the music changes and, casting aside h1s gown, he leaps around the stage like a cross between Marcel Marceau, Elvis Norman Wisdom and a frog. Whilst his court of Teddy-boys and Bobby-soxers jive' girate and jitterbug in a happily far less self-conscious way than before, he tells o; 29 rather shouts of his nightmares. Joseph is brought in to interpret, succeeds, is freed, dressed by the Pharoah's outfitter, Mr. Levi-Strauss, and is immediately surrounded to a~quire a harpsichord?) . The Delius Sonata which followed was probably unknown by the Vll harem, whilst the Egyptians struggle to bring on their store of heavy sacks terntory to most of the audtence. A one-movement work written in 1916 it meandered of grain for the impending famine. a.long in a way typic~l of. the composer. The work is unlikely to receiv~ more persua­ SIVe advoc~c~ than 1t dtd from these two artists, but the Jack of any memorable There then follows temporary darkness and a pensive piece for night-club piano tune~ or stnkmg J?hrases pr~bably accounts for the work's neglect. The entire Rach­ and sack-but it is only the introduction to the next scene which shows the Canaanites manmov Sonata, mstead of JUSt one movement, would have been a better choice than drinking and singing "a la franr;aise" with R. Starratt, our American in Canaan, the Delius, for this is a big and powerful work in Rachmaninov's most mature and doing an excellent send-up of Maurice-Aznavour-Piaf-Chevalier, and giving the capt!~ating Romantic style. The Andante movement received a rapt and wonderfully whole scene a marvellously French flavour. But "la bonne vie" is not to last and the senstttve performance. starving brothers (looking incredibly well-nourished) go to Egypt in search of food. Here they are tricked by a now prosperous Josepb, Pharoah's second in comman.d, After the interval the recital continued with an arrangement of one of Faure's no longer clad in jeans but in a tieless Burton's best. The story must end happtly best-known son~s, "Apres un reve," and the:'l fol~owed the Sonata in E Minor by and so Jacob is brought to Egypt for the spine-tingling "Any dream will do" and final Brahm~. Brahms first attempt at a duo sonata ts typtcally large-scale and impassioned. rousing chorus with the whole cast. It also tmposes problems of balance for the two instruments, particularly in the fuga] finale. M~. Lloyd Webbe.r does not as yet command the full, rich, powerful tone of a Throughout this most enjoyable performance the musicians, conducted by John Rostropovttch or a Torteher, and his Brahms is as yet somewhat undernourished. Even Simmons created a happy foot-tapping atmosphere from their fancy-dress under­ so there was much to admire in his interpretation-and he coped as well as any world, ev~king pretty well every era of popular music from the twenties to the sixtie~. 'cellist coul? b~ expected to with th.e prob~ems of balance .. In response to prolonged On the production side, Marie Simmons and Sue Hall must be congratulated on thetr a?d enthusi.asttc ~pplause be and hts admtrable accompamst treated us to a virtuoso most successful attempt to produce a musical meant to be enjoyed by players ~nd p~ec~ by Satt;Jt-Sae_ns as an encore. The entire recital was played from memory and audience alike-and all that with a group of performers, many of whom were makmg dtdn t ,con~am a .smgle o_ut-of-tune note-a rare feat from any one of the top half­ their first appearance on the "boards." dozen cellists of mternatwnal repute, and one. that augurs well for this young 'cellist's B.S. futu~e .. It. was good to see a number of Jumor School boys at this recital. 'Cello­ playmg ts m the dol?rums at King's just now but is thriving at Pyrland Hall, and the re~ttal was. of a caltbre calculated to encourage the taking-up, or persevering-with thts noble mstrument. ' One small grouse-would it not have been possible to have used a platform or Subscription Concert: J ulian Lloyd W ebber / even a stage, for the performers? One of the chief attractions of a live musical performance,. especi~lly for the non-dedicated or tyro concert-goer, is in being able Simon Nicholls to see the arttsts takin~ pa~t. Many of the younger boys present at this recital who "Yere :unable to get a nngstde seat must have felt they could have been sitting there 12th OCTOBER, 1978 ltstemng to a recorded performance. The new season of Subscription Concerts got off to a splendid start with a re­ B.J.S. cital of rare quality given by the young 'cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, who was accom­ panied at the piano by Simon Nicholls. There was a gratifyingly large audience assembled to hear these two young men. Music Club Concert In fact one feared that a good number might have turned up in the expectation of OCTOBER 25th seeing 'and hearing the composer of "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Evit~" playing selections from these shows on an electrified 'cello with rhythm accomparument! If As usual at this time of year such a concert is given as a mock performance for there were any such deluded customers then they managed to conceal their dis~ppoint­ th.e forthcoming Taun~on Music Festival. The orchestra opened the proceedings ment exceedingly well, for throughout. the ~ecttal one could have heard a pm drop. With a confident .and ltvely performance of Handel's Water Music Suite under the (As it happens, a few evenings a~t~r this re~ttal the Lloyd Webbe~. bro~h~rs aP,pea~ed baton ?f B. J. Stmmons, Esq: The. first violins, led by Rupert Kirby, provided a on the Parkinson Show on televtston playmg excerpts from the Vanatwns whtch professiOnal touch to the .mustc, c~pt_ng very well with some difficult passages. The Andrew had written for Julian.) same composer featured m an arttsttc oboe solo by Angus McBride. Christopher Lo.e and Hugh Gladma~ produc.e~ a fine sound with a violin duet by Corelli-The The programme was not one that might have been expected to appeal to ~ mainly Tno ~rom.Sonata ~o. ~m C. Wtlliam Menard provided us with an entertaining piece youthful and uninitiated a~die~~e; :'10 ~~eh (acc~~pamed o~, unaccompame~), n~ by Vtvaldt played m hts usual controlled style on his somewhat watery trombone! classical sonata and no obvwus lolhpop such as The Swan. However, a Vtvaldt Sonata made a good opening item, and the. a.udie~ce w~s imme.diately made aw~re . A sonata by Jo~ann Fascb, a quartet for flute, violin and piano, heard many of the soloist's impressive technique and mustctanshtp. ~tmon Ntcholl.s ac~on,tpan~ed tt?Ies at concerts at King's, started well but Jacked polish. A spirited performance of a as well as he could on the rather wooden pianoforte provtded. (When IS Kmg s gmng ptece for bass clarinet, by Jean Senaille, played by Jeffery Hackeson was delicately played on what is obviously a difficult instrument to play. ' 30 31 A sonatina by Robin Milford, for the flute, was musically played by Andrew Yeo and there followed a nocturne by John Field, played by Christopher Rew at the piano. This was an excellent performance obviously suiting the performer's style. CREATIVE Two woodwind groups followed, the first a quartet of flutes playing a Valse by ''CONSCIENCE'' Anton Rubinstein. This was well played and the members integrated well as a Gaunt, haggard, the body ripped to shreds, it undulated along the waves; group. Three clarinets then performed a trio by Arnold Cooke, which was both To the shore, fluent and accurate. To the shore the murderers came, A soprano solo by Jessica Duxbury, of The Shepherd's Cradle Song, was sung Bearing their souls' own readiness to kill. with feeling and provided a brief respite from the instrumental performances. Chris­ Slowly, as they looked at the carcass, topher Rew followed with a stunning performance of Chopin's Waltz No. 14 for piano. Their conscience changed rapidly into terror! Although not entirely accurate, an excellent attempt was made at a very One uttered words of repentance to God, high-powered But all in vain, Yes! all in vain. piece. As the tempest increased, Concluding the programme was a solid performance by a quartet of woodwind With the storm! instruments, Andrew Yeo and Anthony Warren on flutes, Christopher Rew and Whether all be lost of the crime, Nigel Scaife on clarinets and Jeffrey Hackeson on bass clarinet. No evidence did remain, But their souls did not rest at that time, The concert was well enjoyed by those present (although not in large numbers). And their consciences Such a high standard of music both individually and especially en masse in the orches­ Never again! tra has not been heard at King's for some time. S!MON NEWMAN R. P. LOBB THE LAST PUFF . .The m~tch flickered hesitantly at first, then burst bnlha~tly mto a ~l<:ze of bluish flame, darting out h~ngnly at the wait~ng cigarette. At the tip, a red­ ~hsh pool of heat qmckly formed, subsiding suddenly mto deathly grey ashes which were flicked non­ chantly to the floor. Relentlessly the flames started t~eir destruction, licking away the nicotine core With red-hot tongues. Taking the shape of varied ...... smok.e rings, greyish blue puffs began to slowly fill the air. The puffs were savoured exquisitely by the smok~r before being reluctantly released. A blur of bnght. orang~, the smouldering flame greedily engulfed Its precwus prey. But time was running out,. slowly the heat was dying, the dull orange turnmg darker, the ashes growing colder until the last m?rtally wounded flame seared the smoker's trembling fingers. A ~olley of shots rang out. Released by the still warm, h~p hand, the .burnt-out blackened cigarette butt fell m to an ever-Widening pool of crimson blood. The final wish had been fulfilled to the last puff. HELENE PLANT A BREATH OF FRESH AIR . On June 2~th, 1878, the brig "Ger3:nium," destined for Sydney, set sail. Storms m the Bay of Biscay enforced a stop at Lisbon from July lst until July 5th. On August 28th, ~s the sun ros~ ov~r Table Mountain, "Geranium" reached Cape Town She c<:lled m at New

The sunlight shone through the stained glass windows, throwing angled splashes of dappled colour across the pews, familiar masses moved casually towards their known seats as the strident hymn notes swelled into a comforting exaltation of God. Absently his eyes flickered round, observing the cross and the altar, the expectant faces and hearing the sudden hush as the service began. He knew the timeworn words by heart, reciting syllables without meaning, images of worldly matters floating through his mind. Making a painfully conscious effort, he turned to the appropriate page and began earnestly singing the hymn. · 37 36

---- ~ -- - ...... Spl_ashes of mottled green light filtered through the jungle foliage, casting a sickly tinge on the huddled, human forms. The sound of crackling branches and heavy equipment echoed eerily through the undergrowth as the uniformed bodies crawled cautiously along the ground. Two miles away lay their primary destination: a village to be surrounded and destroyed. Drained of emotion and feeling, the faces registered only an intensity of purpose and grim determination. Consumed by un­ stated nervousness, the soldier began idly to unconsciously fondle his cross dangling from a chain clinging sweatily round his neck. Looking down at the gold symbol, he smiled unsteadily and clasped it firmly in his hand. Playfully darting about, the light brilliantly pierced the darker recesses of the church, stabbing daggers of coloured rays across the grubby pages of the prayer book. Momentarily distracted, he looked up, his mood of religious meditation instantly shattered. All around, people stood expectantly, their faces turned upwards to receive the Lord's blessing, oblivious to all save conventional tradition. Hypocrisy, he mused, a prime example of blatant hypocrisy and conventional mores. Why did he bother to assume a pretence of worship? Almost mechanically, reasons presented themselves; it represented an established pattern of conventional behaviour, his family ought to be brought up in the "correct" manner, he was a moulded, stamped product of the environment, but yet there was something much more fundamentally important, deep inside him: an almost cynical belief, a faltering hope that perhaps it was all true, Oh what do these vague, rambling thoughts matter anyway? Brusquely shruggng his shoulders, he dismissed the uneasy, troubling queries of his mind and knelt down to pray. A pall of black smoke hung over the reddening sky, the unearthly greyish light of shadows illuminating pale, motionless forms gracefully frozen into eternal sleep. Flames had completely gutted the few, pitiful dwellings. Only the glow of the burning embers remained, casting the soldiers' features into weird and demented masks of forked light. Their faces stared in dazed stupour at the surrounding chaos and destruction. A cracked, insane laugh began, slowly racking their bodies until reach­ ing a point of maniacal convulsion, they collapsed into a mindless huddle of un­ consciousness. The soldier clasped his talisman, convulsively sobbing, and finally surrendering to the blessed oblivion of sleep. A truly inspiring sermon, he reflected half consciously, almost renewed one's faith in humanity, a final glorifying hymn and life service ended. As the doors opened the daylight flooded into the church, a glow of golden warmth pervading the heightened atmosphere of peace and tranquility. Proudly, he surveyed the smugly peaceful faces of his wife and children, guiding them gently down the aisle out into the open where huddled groups mingled sociably. The smoke had cleared, the feeble morning rays casting deathly tints of milky opaqueness across the soldiers' features. Striking suddenly under the cover of dark­ ness, the enemy had long since vanished, their former presence betrayed only by the mingled rivulets of blood trickling gently along the charred earth. Flung into the undergrowth during the fatal struggle, the cross now lay abandoned, tainted crimson by the lifeblood of its owner. The fierce energy of tropical heat vibrantly shimmered as the light grew stronger, momentarily blotting out the hordes of buzzing insects already descending. A shaft of light hit the cross, which exploded into a blur of dazzling gold, marred only by a few splattered blotches of human blood. Beside it, the letter lay savagely crumpled, almost willed into oblivion. Possessed by an unspeakable fury, he picked up the talisman and flung it into the hearth, watching the cross melt into a distorted lump of darkened metal. Transfixed, he watched the flames greedily engulf his brother's most precious possession and then collapsed into uncontrollable sobs. HELENE PLANT 38

39 Lois Butler A PACK OF LIES Sunrise. Golden dawning choking with blood. "Oui, je suis le resultat The blood of gasping new birth, blood De vos n!gles Of a thousand years' struggle. Et regardez-moi bien; Beneath the apparently unperturbable Je n'ai pas un emploi Surface of subservient obedience Ni d'orgueil, ni de foi Boiling anger of destructive purging Mais l'Etat me paiera. Aggression. Urging to be free from the petty, Pourquoi ?" Prohibitive prickings of authority. Morals, stubborn backward society, "Oui, je suis le resultat Human experience lies untapped there, De vos n!gles Proscribed. Et regardez-moi bien; Crash-a heavy beat. On m'a donne un emploi If the kids are united we shall never be Mais je ne travaille pas Divided. But we are hemmed in by Et l'Etat me paiera. Confusion and ignorance. Pourquoi ?" Traditionalists, easy-goers­ Oui, je suis le resultat Irresponsible dreamers, bums, cynics, De VOS regles Radicals, anarchists, immoralists? Et regardez-moi bien; Where the hell do we stand? Je travaille pour l'Etat Outside a failing sick society, Et quoi de cela? Turning down on the freedom of spirits. Oui, l'Etat me paiera Aristotle, Gide, W ordsworth or Sartre, Mais l'Etat ne paie pas Who can fathom these coffeed pages Ceux qui n'ont pas d'emploi Angrily, wearily those who sit and Ni d'orgueil, ni de foi, Scan the tedium of empty blackboards Ceux a qui on a donne l'emploi The imposers of order and restriction Et qui ne travaillent pas Experience forsaken. Ah-ce n'est pas l'Etat Does the world exist? Or is it merely Qui les paie; c'est moi A figment of the imagination? Qui vais payer Self-sacrifice, self-control, self-discipline, L'Etat! JOANNA MOLE Self-abnegation. Must we form a team Forever. False smile and scratched perception "CONFLICT" Of the potential. Withstand the strain. Tolls the bell the warning peal If we all pull together as a team. In distant skies where smoke dust clouds Chocolate Xmas and oozing Boxing Day. Fill terror with the blood-red sun Relaxation or open effort to And conflict with the stars; Tolerate the ridiculous banalities, Cries a baby on the grass, Misinterpretation of Christ- Lies naked where the bluebells crowd Unreal etiquette to front a night fever, And smooth unblemished rosy skin Dark currents of blind hatred. Lifts conflict to the stars; Conventionality belongs to yesterday. Tells the child of ancient wars Forsake the oath or rebuild the crumbling In far-off lands where soil is gold Pyramids of belief. Yet bitter thoughts of graveyard dreams A. H. HICKSON Strike conflict through the stars; POEME Roars the tiger in his cage Regardez-moi With anger which no bars can hold Societe Nor freedom captivate the fear Regardez-moi: Of conflict in the stars. Je suis le resultat Tolls the bell and De vas regles cries a baby, Tells the child and roars the tiger; La creation Through the bullets flies a dagger­ De vas proteges. Conflicts of the stars. 40 JOANNA MOLE 41 HYDRA SOCIETIES :Sydra, Spectrum's General Society, has provided a wide variety this term ra~g:I~g tfom a lecjure on late 19th century society and art to a very well attended IDSTORY SOCIETY ~Mot~gb{ su.~ce~ ullecture by N. Staunton, G. Phillips, s. Wintle and J. Doe on r 1 es. ome contrast! Furthermore, the membership fluctuates wide! · Last term, with 'A' levels, the Society rather "petered out" after half-term, f~~ ~:r~be~s attended both the aJ:>

PHOENIX SOCIETY The Phoenix Society may seem to many within the School to be either a symbol of elitism or a high-powered coffee club (where people pretend to take an interest in Nietzche, Balzac or Diogenes). The second is certainly wrong-although maybe it ought to be right !-and if the first is seen to be true, this is not because of any de­ liberate policy of the members. To me, the Phoenix Room has offered a place of sanity, where conversation actually exists, and where one can sit in a civilised atmo­ sphere (usually!). The principal purpose of the Society is not to listen to the papers, though important. It is the everyday chatter over coffee which makes the society what it is. But for a formal report these must be mentioned. J. D. Sunderland gave a very academic paper on "The Guerilla: Urban and Rural", which was followed by a good discussion. My own paper was on "The Rise and Fall of Hollywood"­ which seemed to get a very favourable reception-and Patrick Thompson provoked argument by his paper on "Electoral Reform: a time for Change?" Michaelmas 1978 has been a fairly successful term and the room has been well used. My only suggestions are that people from the Convent could maybe venture over more often, and secondly, perhaps masters might come in more often. J. N. SHEPHERD (Chairman) 42 43 ------" -~ ,..,~... ~ - -

result~: 1_0.7secs. for the lOOm was recorded by Godwin, of Wellington School, and the wmnmg _res,ults of many races were of a very high standard. From this meeting seventeen King s athletes went to the County Championships, seven progressed fur­ Sport ther to the South Western Championships, with Alexander and J. W. Hall captaining the Somerset Under 20 and Under 17 sides. Some of the sea~on : s best perfor~ances were achieved at Kelly College, where the club ca?Ie ~ear to wmnmg the Melvm Quaich Cup for the first time. Here there was Athletics deter~matJOn, concentration and massive team support, and most people came close The 1978 season has been very variable in quality of performance and effort and to the1r personal bests. Again a super-relaxed O.A. match brought out the best for that reason rather disappointing. However, there was one quite outstanding team from many athletes_: th~ long-awaited hurdling battle between Robin Ellis and effort at Kelly College and several individual results of distinction to make the year A~exander, and the Javelin competition between Ellis and de Wilton both brought memorable. wms for Scho?l athl~tes, but Ellis must be tb~ Man of the Match-participating in At one time or another competitors have achieved high standards in nearly all all but the mtddle distance. races ~e turned ID good performances in every event. events, but all too often they have not produced them together, or on the ~ost i~­ Th~ Monk-Hanna saga contmued WJtb a win for Monk in 1min. 53.5secs. in the 800m portant days. In spite of the high standard set by Alexander and some of h1s semor while b?th athletes generou s ly _ sacrifi~ed their own times in the 1500m in an attempt athletes there has been a lack of dedication and thoroughness in some areas, leading to prov1de H~ll and Reeves w1th natJOnal qualifying times. to a lack of the necessary sharpness and confidence needed in top-class competition. Once agam Sports Day was held on a bot day, ideal for athletics. Eighteen of the The 8 x 200m relay for non-sprinters at Bryanston revealed a really dreadful lack of regular School athletes produ~ed their personal bests, and some new meeting best general fitness. performanc~s. Tuckwell dommated the afternoon, but the Carpenter had the last Nothing can quite compare with Alexande_r's consistently outstanding p~rfo~- word, breaking the medley relay record and ending the Woodard's seven-year run in mances in the sprint hurdles and lOOm: he set l11S team a great example, both m his the event. determination and in his thorough preparations. Happily he leaves behind some very A final_W

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A rather Batting performances were erratic and often the team was grateful to thoughtful dous effort · early d ec 1 aratwn· agamst. King's Bruton m innings from Twose and regular contributions from C. Cole, Gane, Blanchard and match H ~~ ~?e field, the visitors were able t~ scrambl ~ant th~, despite a tremen- Pollock. However, the bowling was far more consistent, with excellent pace from 1 Gane and Pollock and accurate spin from Holiday and Norman which earned them many valuable wickets. Unfortunately the fielding did not always complement the {h~";:~~na;~~:B~,~~~~~'!~,"ni~' ~~j,;-::~;g ,';:~~;:,~~JnJ~~~~~,~~ !d~';:~ ~ome runs and Cash ell ta~~~~~ ne:x\c fixture against Blundell's; sailes fina~f;t wm. of bowling. mg defeat at the hands of D~~~~~d~~s. The season ended with a rather disa~~~~t~ A high standard of cricket was often achieved by the team and the game was generally enjoyed by all. We would like to thank Mr. Carrick for his enthusiastic . Throughout the season Stock ' . and dedicated coaching throughout the term. C. J. REW ~!h~;~h~c~~~~hi~~~v~~!~~;i~f ct~~It~ f!~~~~e~~~~c~t~~~~~t~~~~~o~~~~· b~~h o~~ ac Jevement owes much to hi h d oug t games and the side's ge 1 1 l Everest bowled and batted e~e a~ wo~k, competitiveness and cricketin ner~o eve of Results: trying Drawn 7 Lost I ropp~d until the last ba~tega~~e~f~ pari~ularly stylishly and ~;to~ s;;:~:; Played 10 Won 2 e~s t an 10 runs each and good innin ow e accurately, taking 29 wickets at v. Wellington (H) Drawn v. Taunton School (A} Won ~~~h~~~~t ~~~ Cashdell, although none ~} ~~~~ ~l::er~atyy Amosd, Sailes, Stockton, v. Queen's College (A} Drawn ave one. score as many runs as v. Millfield (A) Drawn v. Clifton (H) Won Overall, the team started uncertain! . v. Sherborne (A) Lost confidence and there is certainly the pot r rubt finished the season with far more v. King's, Bruton (A) Drawn en Ja t ere to do well in the future. Drawn v. Allhallows (A) P.A.D. v. Blundell's (H) Drawn (A) Drawn Played 10 v. Downside Won 2 Drawn 5 Lost 3 Results: Team: Rew, C. Cole, Twose, Hunter, Gane, Pollock, Blanchard, E. Cole, Vickery, Holiday, v. Wellington Norman, Drawn Brown. Also played: Jarrett, Glad man, Stockton, Perk ins. Wellington 77 King's 39-7 (Everest 5-27) v. Taunton Taunton 105-3 dec. Drawn Kmg's 74-4 v. Millfield JUNIOR COLTS Millfield 116-9 dec Drawn King's 78-9 · This year's side was not tremendously talented but worked bard and developed v. Clifton into a useful, if not outstanding, team. The bowling was always rather more depend­ Clifton 155-8 dec Lost by 28 runs able than the batting, although a number of good innings were played, particularly King's 127 · by Everest, whose 250 runs and 24 wickets made him the team's outstanding perfor- v. Sherborne (Everest 66 n.o.) Sherborne 128 Drawn mer. King's 127-9 (Start 7-35) (Stockton 49) Although only two games were won, several of the draws and even one of the v. King's, Bruton ~ng's, Bruton, 133-5 Lost by 5 wickets defeats could, with a little more luck and experience, have been turned into wins. King's 132-7 dec The season started with a rather drab and disappointing draw at Wellington on a very v. Huish's · soft wicket. Another draw was recorded against Taunton School but in both these Huish's 83 Won by 11 runs King's 94 (Cashell 5-11) games the batting appeared rather fragile. The bowling, however, led by the consistent v. Monmouth Cashell, was quite encouraging. Monmouth 79-9 Drawn King's 151-7 A strong Millfield side was restricted to 116 at tea but again the batsmen were v. Blundell's (Everest 54) unable to build on the bowlers' good work. An uncharacteristically sloppy bowling Blundell's 82 Won by 62 runs and fielding performance at Clifton made the batsmen's task look almost impossible, King's 144 (Cashell 6-24) v. Downside (Sailes 45) but a fine innings from Everest, well supported by Amos, at least made a draw pos­ Downside 132 Lost by 22 runs sible, but the tail couldn't quite make this possibility a reality. Sherborne were then King's 114 bowled out by Start, whose slow off-breaks induced a number of ambitious strokes from the visitors. After a disastrous beginning, the King's innings was held together Team: by Stockton who, with Everest and Start, almost pulled off an exciting win, the result Stockton (Capt.), Everest Gresham, Mortlock. ' Amos, Cashell, Sailes, Start, Otty, Mallock, Nicholson Mad being in doubt up to the last ball. ' ge, 50 51 U.14 XI Swimming The team had a successful season, culminating in a win by three runs in the last over against Downside. M. A. Burdge led the side very capably on the field, and his The team again regained the Meade Ki S . . and lost one. The highlight of the season ~a nfh ~ImDll~g Cup, won eight matches batting (including 105 not out against King's, Bruton) was one of the major strengths ton School. The whole team achieved th . s e VIctory m the Meade-King at Taun­ of the side. !Dost creditable. It is perhaps invidious t eir pen, an~ the Seniors enjoyed who took 44 wickets, including five wickets for eight runs against Queen's. stamma. 0 e supenor The standard of play was always high and the depth of ability bodes well for With their extra strength and future Senior School sides. S.B.G. The Captain, John Giddens set a hi h Results : members were keen to follow his 'exam I g Tstafdard !hrou~hout the season and all v. Taunton School Won by 6 wickets the. Summer Term. This will leave a):; e we v~ semor swimmers left at the end of v. Queen's Won by 6 wickets semors have sufficient experience and tale gt cgap m hthe team but the few remaining v. Millfield Drawn n 10r anot er successful seasGn v. Clifton Lost by 82 runs R esults: · v. Sherborne Lost by 7 wickets v. Plymouth Won by 5 wickets Millfield School Won 99 51 v. Taunton School Won by 8 wickets Wellington School Won 79 v. King's, Bruton Drawn Downside School Won 166 50 v. Taunton Vale C.C. Won by 8 wickets Queen's College Won 102 48 v. Allhallows Won by 120 runs Bruton School Won 98 49 Lost by 1 run Taunton School Won _ v. Huish's 103 21 69-!- v. Monmouth Drawn Blundell's School Won 56 v. Blundell's Drawn Sherborne School Won 1 6~ 99 v. Downside Won by 3 runs Clifton College Lost 108 123 Drawn v. Bablake Swimming Sports: Team: Burdge (Capt.), Viant, Bird, Brown, Bell , Morecambe, Nott, Phillips, Halford, McElney, Sen!or Cup Winners : Tuckwell Bradshaw, Parfitt, Lawrence. Jumor Cup Winners : Woodard Open Relay Cup: Carpenter Standards Cup: Tuckwell Canoeing Three r~cord s were broken. In the 18 I h slade and Giddens, broke the record engt s free style, all four finalists Barber Cli"'"e G The Canoe Club has had another happy and quite interesting year. Quite a R L K 1 . · ' , w , reen- number of new members joined the club, and the senior members developed their . · mg owered h1 s records in the Juni · d. · Water-Polo Cup: Winners . Tuckwell 7 Cor m IVIdual medley and two lengths breast own individual skills to a very high degree. In addition, the purchase of a new · - arpenter 2 · mould (for a Snipe canoe) provided the club with the facility to make one of the W.S. best slalom canoes currently available. Robert Todd is probably the best canoeist in the club, being able to "hand roll" and eskimo roll in practically any water. Martin Greenwood, though still a liability Tennis within ten yards, conquered all the techniques very quickly, through a combination At the end of the 1977 season the tea 1 /l of scientific method and sheer bloody-minded "determination." Stewart Meeson team was bound to be the weakest for so::: ~.st so ~~ny key players that this season's and Andrew Perry showed considerable skill, but the latter seems reluctant to venture ber of competent players in the club enab~n~~~· 2 de~I was, however, a large num- into heavy water ... partly because his canoe is, allegedly, made of cardboard. 1st VI level it soon became e n .to have some good wins. The highlight of the year was the week-end in Sherdon and Woolacombe. After !-t ~lear consistency of its immediate predecessors the team spending an enjoyable night at Sherdon Farm, we then moved to Woolacombe and th~t drd not P.o.ssess the flair and ventured into some extremely exciting surf. We were lucky to catch good surf, as lack or ?latch experience resulted in som~ hen fa~ ~he lack of ability coupled with a o~posrtwn . However, the two victories avy e eats at the hands of the stron er well as practically having the beach to ourselves. mmed play of Fielder Lobb and Stanr·er were. thoroughly deserved, with the The extremely wet Lent Term meant that the Tone at Bath pool and Ham provided ' promment. det~r - both fast white water and an interesting weir. In addition, a few of the members A very young Under 16 team contained hr . spent some time canoeing in the Lake District on the Shelwith river and Windermere. n~ve~ seemed to all want to play well on the ~a ee ~otentially quite good pairs who By way of a change, the heavy snow provided an opportun}ty for. "snow canoe­ King s, Bruton. Some matches were d me ay, except m the match against ing." On one particular day, the club managed a superb downhill run m the Neroche frustrating to watch. C Stead and F nee lessly lost and this team proved most the earlier matches. and Shapl after achieying a high standard in Forest of some 1t to 2 miles. . Co~ ~trell f~ed However, in many ways, it is the fellowship and spirit in the Oanoe Club that IS rare determination. an prove the most consrstent pair, playing with its main attribute. I hope things will long continue in this vein. A.P.McK. 52 53 Once again the Girls' VI proved to be a strong team, being decisively beaten only on one occasion-in a match at Bishop Fox's played in extremely windy condi­ tions. In the House competition a strong Bishop Fox team once again retained the Cup, easily defeating Meynell in the final. B.L. Teams: 1st VI D. Fielder (Capt.), Lobb, Stanier, Hickson, Wadland, Alderman. 2nd VI G. W. Phillips, A. Stead, Lund, C. S. Sailes, Robinette, J. William s. Under 16 VI Chapman, Hawkins, Cox, Shapland, Futnell, C. Stead (Capt.). Girls VI Nicola Perkins, Helen Shapland (Capt.), Juliet Blanchard, Jess ica Duxbury, Lucy Crow, Jane Sarnpson.

1st VI 2nd VI Under 16 Vl V. Sherborne L 21--{)-! V. Wellington w 6-3 w 5t-3t L 2 -7 V. Taunton School L 0 -9 L 3-6 L 2 -7 V. Queen's L 4 -5 w 6t-2t L 1t-7t v. Huish's W6·H t v. King's, Bruton w 6 - 3 W9-D V. Bristol Grammar School L 4 -5 L 3-i-5·} v. Allhallows w 7 - 2 L 3 -6 v. Blundell's L 2t-6t D 4t-4t L 4 -5 V. Downside L 0 -9 L 3 -6 L 2 -7 Girls: V. St. Audries (A) W5-4 V. Taunton School (H) L 4 -5 V. Bishop Fox's (H) D 4Ht V. St. Audries (H) w 6t-2t V. Wellington W4-D V. Taunton School (A) L 4 -5 V. Blundell's w 3 -1 V. Bishop Fox's (A) L 2t-6t .~ .. !.~ ...:-.,- :..--·§tt'~-:..,;~ ;------~·-·--~------·---~------~-~------_____ t-=-.:...;lt-e...,~~.-;a~ · _.,_.J ' J,